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Laticauda schistorhyncha (Flat-tail Sea Snake)

Synonyms: Laticauda semifasciata schistorhynchus; Platurus schistorhynchus; Pseudolaticauda schistorhynchus

Attributes

Birth Weight [1]  51 grams
Egg Length [1]  3.504 inches (89 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.26 inches (32 mm)
Gestation [1]  5 months 10 days
Litter Size [1]  4

Prey / Diet

Paracanthurus hepatus (common surgeon)[2]

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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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