Hydrophis gracilis

The graceful small-headed sea snake or slender sea snake (Hydrophis gracilis) is a species of Elapidae (Hydrophiinae-sea snake). Microcephalophis gracilis is a synonym of the snake.

Slender sea snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hydrophis gracilis
(Shaw, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Microcephalophis gracilis

Diagnostic characters

Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body juxtaposed; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 17-21 scale rows around neck, 30-36 around thickest part of body (increase from neck to midbody 18-24); ventrals divided by a longitudinal fissure; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; ventrals 220-287.

Total length males 950 mm, females 1025 mm; tail length males 80 mm, females 95 mm.

Distribution
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gollark: Ah yes. Global Interpreter Lock. Right. This may be hard.
gollark: On the plus side, you should be able to use `zilch` in place of `None` now.


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