Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) - a review with an updated identification key
Author
Rasmussen, Arne Redsted
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation. Esplanaden 34 DK- 1264, Copenhagen K, Denmark. E-mail: arr @ kadk. dk
Author
Sanders, Kate Laura
School of Earth and Environmental Science. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
Author
Guinea, Michael L.
School of Environmental. Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territories 0909, Australia.
Author
Amey, Andrew P.
Queensland Museum. PO Box 3300, South Brisbane BC. Queensland 4101, Australia. E-mail: andrew. amey @ qm. qld. gov. au
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-10-02
3869
4
351
371
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.1
1175-5326
4947280
8F80DD5E-F5FC-40DF-BCE5-C404FA7A6577
Hydrophis laboutei
Rasmussen and Ineich 2000
.
First described from the Chesterfield Reefs
New Caledonia
based on
two specimens
deposited at NHMN. We have found another specimen of
H. laboutei
in the collection of the Australian Museum also from Chesterfield Reefs. The
type
locality is not far from Australian waters so this species is likely to occur on reef complexes within
eastern Australian
waters (
Cogger, 2007
) and therefore we include it in the possible list.