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Hydrophis semperi (Lake Taal Snake)

Synonyms: Distira semperi; Leioselasma semperi

Wikipedia Abstract

Hydrophis semperi, (or Philippine freshwater sea snake, Garman's sea snake or lake snake) is a rare species of venomous sea snake found only in a single lake on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is noted for being one of two known species of sea snake (and the only one in its family) that is known to be found almost-exclusively in freshwater. The other freshwater sea snake species is Laticauda crockeri.
View Wikipedia Record: Hydrophis semperi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hydrophis semperi

Attributes

Venomous [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Luzon rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Comprehensive Database Of snake toxins, P. Prabakaran
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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