Hydrophiidae () |
96 cm SVL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 23 m |
Indo-West Pacific. |
Moderately built. Cream to salmon-colored above with irregular blackish cross-bands that taper and terminate on the sides or extend ventrally. Scales in the paler interspaces with dark margins; interspaces contain secondary darker blotches. Ventrals vary from entirely blackish to pale with dark median zone. Head uniform brown or flecked with darker. Head shields enlarged and symmetrical without fragmentation. |
Samples taken in deeper waters; suggesting that it does not inhabit clear reef waters (Ref. 2357). |
(LC); Date assessed: 15 February 2009 Ref. 123251)
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