Enhydrina zweifeli
Enhydrina zweifeli is a species of snakes found from New Guinea to Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland). In the past they were thought to be Enhydrina schistosa, but after DNA testing are now provisionally identified as Enhydrina zweifeli. DNA test have shown they are not related to Enhydrina schistosa.[2]
| Enhydrina zweifeli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Enhydrina |
| Species: | E. zweifeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Enhydrina zweifeli Kharin, 1985 | |
Enhydrina zweifeli are commonly known as the Sepik beaked seasnake or Zweifel's beaked seasnake. Enhydrina zweifeli is a highly venomous species of sea snake.[3]
Studied Enhydrina zweifeli have been near the mouth of Sepik River of New Guinea.[4]
References
- Rasmussen, A. (2010). "Enhydrina zweifeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176716A7289184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176716A7289184.en.
- Ukuwela, K.D.B. et al. (online 2012): Molecular evidence that the deadliest sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) consists of two convergent species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.031
- Ukuwela, Kanishka D.B.; de Silva, Anslem; Mumpuni; Fry, Bryan G.; Lee, Michael S.Y.; Sanders, Kate L. (January 2013). "Molecular evidence that the deadliest sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) consists of two convergent species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (1): 262–269. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.031.
- The University of Queensland, Deadly sea snake has a doppelganger, 19 November 2012
- Golay,P, H.M. SMITH, D.G. BROADLEY, J. R. DIXON, C., MCCARTHY, J. C. RAGE, B. SCHÀTTI & M.TORIBA 1993. Endoglyphs and other major venomous snakes of the world. A checklist. Aire-Genève, Azemiops S. A. Herpetological Data Center: i-xv + 1-478.
- Kharin V. E. 1985. A new species of sea snakes of the genus Enhydrina (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from waters of New Guinea. [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 64 (5): 785-787
- Kharin, Vladimir E. and Vladimir P. Czeblukov 2009. A Revision of the Sea Snakes of Subfamily Hydrophiinae. 1. Tribe Disteirini Nov. (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 16 (3):183-202
External links
- Enhydrina schistosa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- The Reptile House
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