Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Elapidae > Aipysurus > Aipysurus duboisiiAipysurus duboisii (Reef shallows seasnake)Synonyms: Aipysurus australis; Pelagophis duboisii; Pelagophis lubricus Aipysurus duboisii, also known as the Dubois' sea snake or reef shallows sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake. Its geographic range includes Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and the northern, eastern and western coastal areas of Australia, that is the Coral Sea, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea and Indian Ocean. They live at depths up to 80 meters in coral reef flats, sandy and silty sediments which contain seaweed, invertebrates and corals or sponges that can serve as shelter. These snakes feed on moray eels and various fish that live on the seafloor, up to 110 cm in size. They are viviparous, giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs. They have medium aggressiveness, i.e. will bite if provoked, but not spontaneously. The fangs are 1.8 mm long, which are relatively short for a snak |
Adult Weight [1] | 1.468 lbs (666 g) | | Litter Size [1] | 2 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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