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Laticauda guineai

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Species of snake

Laticauda guineai
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Laticauda
Species: L. guineai
Binomial name
Laticauda guineai
 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger, 2005

Laticauda guineai is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The species, which was first described by Heatwole, Busack and Cogger in 2005, is native to waters off southern New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, guineai, is in honor of Australian zoologist Michael Leonard Guinea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. guineai is shallow tropical seas and coral reefs, to a depth of 10 m (33 ft).

Behavior

L. guineai is amphibious, often leaving the water to come onto land.

Reproduction

L. guineai is oviparous. The eggs are laid on land.

References

  1. ^ Lane, A. & Guinea, M. (2010). "Laticauda guineai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T176739A7294503. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laticauda guineai, p. 112).
  3. Species Laticauda guineai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Gherghel I, Papeş M, Brischoux F, Sahlean T, Strugariu A (2016). "A revision of the distribution of sea kraits (Reptilia, Laticauda) with an updated occurrence dataset for ecological and conservation research". ZooKeys 569: 135–148.
  • Heatwole H, Busack S, Cogger H (2005). "Geographic variation in sea kraits of the Laticauda colubrina complex (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae: Laticaudini)". Herpetological Monographs 19 (1): 1–136. (Laticauda guineai, new species, p. 97).
  • Heatwole, Harold; Grech, Alana; Marsh, Helene (2017). "Paleoclimatology, Paleogeography, and the Evolution and Distribution of Sea Kraits (Serpentes; Elapidae; Laticauda)". Herpetological Monographs 31 (1): 1–17.
  • Lane A, Shine R (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships within laticaudine sea snakes (Elapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 567–577.


Taxon identifiers
Laticauda guineai


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