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Family: Hydrophiidae



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19 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 92 cm SVL
 
Aipysurus apraefrontalis
[Short-nosed seasnake]
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Max. Length 148 cm SVL
 
Aipysurus duboisii
[Reef shallows seasnake]
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Max. Length 96 cm SVL
 
Aipysurus eydouxii
[Spine-tailed seasnake]
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Aipysurus foliosquama
[Leaf-scaled seasnake]
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Aipysurus fuscus
[Dusky seasnake]

Fry, Gary Charles

Indo-Pacific, Northwest A
Max. Length 200 cm TL
Aipysurus laevisLacépède, 1804

Photo by Fry, Gary Charles
 
Aipysurus laevis
[Olive-brown seasnake]
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Max. Length 95 cm SVL
 
Aipysurus mosaicus
[]
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Aipysurus tenuis
[Arafura sea snake]
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Alsidium pusillum
[]
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Max. Length 165 cm SVL
 
Disteira kingii
[Spectacled seasnake]
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Max. Length 160 cm SVL
 
Disteira major
[Olive-headed seasnake]
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Disteira nigrocincta
[]
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Disteira walli
[Wall's sea snake]
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Max. Length 91 cm SVL
 
Emydocephalus annulatus
[Turtle-headed seasnake]
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Max. Length 85 cm SVL
 
Emydocephalus ijimae
[Turtlehead sea snake]
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Enhydrina zweifeli
[Sepik beaked seasnake]
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Ephalophis greyae
[North-Western mangrove seasnake]
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Hydrelaps darwiniensis
[Port darwin seasnake]
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Parahydrophis mertoni
[Northern mangrove seasnake]


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