Enhydrina Gray

Enhydrina Gray Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin): (Smith, 1920; Bourret, 1934, 1936; Shuntov, 1962; Pickwell, 1972; Minton, 1975; Harding & Welch, 1980; Tran & Nguy��n, 1980; Kharin, 1984 b; Gasperetti, 1988; Welch, 1988; Golay et al., 1993; Tran & Nguy��n, 1995; Nguy��n & H��, 1996; Nguy��n et al., 2005; Kharin, 2006; Nguy��n et al., 2009). Diagnostic characters: Mental narrow, elongated and hidden in a groove. Scale rows around neck 40���55; scale rows around body 49���66; ventrals small but distinct, sometimes missing in the most anterior part of body, 239���322. Maxillary teeth behind fangs 3���4. Colouration: Body grey or bluish-grey above, whitish-grey below, with dark or black bands, which usually disappear with age. Size: 140 cm. General distribution: Arabian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, South China Sea, Indonesia and the Australian region (David & Ineich, 1999). Remarks: Aggressive and highly venomous.
Published as part of Rasmussen, Arne Redsted, Elmberg, Johan, Gravlund, Peter & Ineich, Ivan, 2011, Sea snakes (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) in Vietnam: a comprehensive checklist and an updated identification key, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2894 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277666
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