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Emydocephalus

Wikipedia Abstract

Emydocephalus is a genus of elapid sea snakes. Unlike most sea snakes, all species of Emydocephalus lack both teeth and venom because their diet consists almost entirely of fish eggs.
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Species

Emydocephalus annulatus (Turtle-headed seasnake, Egg-eating Sea Snake) (Attributes)
Emydocephalus ijimae (Turtlehead Sea Snake) (Attributes)
Emydocephalus orarius
Emydocephalus szczerbaki
Emydocephalus teesi

External References

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