Fine-spined Sea Snake

About the Fine-spined Sea Snake

Hydrophis czeblukovi, also known commonly as the fine-spined sea snake, the geometrical sea snake, and the geometrical seasnake, is species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters off northern Australia.

The specific name, czeblukovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Vladimir P. Czeblukov. The preferred natural habitat of H. czeblukovi is the marine neritic zone, to a depth of 110 m (360 ft). H. czeblukovi preys upon marine fishes.

H. czeblukovi is viviparous. Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. Kharin VE (1984). "[A review of sea snakes of the group Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). 3. The genus Leioselasma]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63 (10): 1535–1546. (Lieoselasma czeblukovi, new species, p. 1542). (in Russian).

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