Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Elapidae > Aipysurus > Aipysurus eydouxiiAipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed seasnake)Synonyms: Aipysurus margaritophorus; Thalassophis anguillaeformis; Thalassophis muraeneformis; Tomogaster eydouxii Aipysurus eydouxii, commonly known as the beaded sea snake, marbled seasnake, or spine-tailed seasnake, is a species of sea snake. This snake is unusual amongst sea snakes in that it feeds exclusively on fish eggs. As part of this unusual diet, this species has lost its fangs, and the venom glands are almost entirely atrophied. |
Adult Weight [1] | 1.129 lbs (512 g) | | Litter Size [1] | 4 |
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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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