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Hydrophis zweifeli (Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake; Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake)

Synonyms: Enhydrina zweifeli

Wikipedia Abstract

Enhydrina zweifeli snakes are found from New Guinea to Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland). In the past they were thought to be Enhydrina schistosa, but after DNA testing are now provisionally identified as Enhydrina zweifeli. DNA test have shown they are not related to Enhydrina schistosa. Enhydrina zweifeli are commonly known as the Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake. Enhydrina zweifeli is a highly venomous species of sea snake. Studied Enhydrina zweifeli have been near the mouth of Sepik River of New Guinea.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  196 grams

External References

Citations

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
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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