Aipysurus
| Aipysurus | |
|---|---|
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| Aipysurus laevis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804 |
Aipysurus is a genus of snakes found in warm seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
The first description was published by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1804. The genus is allied to the elapid family, a diverse and widely distributed group of venomous predators also found on mainland Australia.
Nine species are recognized.[1]
| Species[1][2] | Authority[1][2] | Subsp.*[1][2] | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. apraefrontalis | M.A. Smith, 1926 | 0 | short-nosed sea snake | |
| A. duboisii | Bavay, 1869 | 0 | Dubois' seasnake | |
| A. eydouxii | (Gray, 1849) | 0 | spine-tailed seasnake | |
| A. foliosquama | M.A. Smith, 1926 | 0 | leaf-scaled sea snake | |
| A. fuscus | (Tschudi, 1837) | 0 | dusky sea snake | |
| A. laevis | Lacépède, 1804 | 0 | olive sea snake | |
| A. mosaicus | Sanders et al., 2012 | 0 | ||
| A. pooleorum | L.A. Smith, 1974 | 0 | ||
| A. tenuis | Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913 | 0 |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical race).
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aipysurus.
References
- ^ a b c d "Aipysurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ a b c "Aipysurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger, George Albert (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Aipysurus, p. 303).
- Goin, Coleman J.; Goin, Olive B.; Zug, George R. (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Aipysurus, p. 332).
- Lacèpėde, [Bernard Germain] (1804). "Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée ". Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4: 184-211. (Aipysurus, new genus, p. 210). (in French).
External links
- Aipysurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 September 2007.