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Kerilia jerdonii (Jerdon's sea snake)
| Subject: | Kerilia jerdonii (Jerdon's sea snake)
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Description Kerilia jerdoni
Date 1943
Source M. A. Smith, Fauna of British India. Reptiles 1943
Author M A Smith
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KeriliaJerdoniSmith.jpg
The Jerdon's sea snake (Kerilia jerdonii ) is a species of venomous sea snake. The specific name, jerdonii, is in honor of British zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon. It is found in Indian Ocean (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar (Burma), Mergui Archipelago), Coast of Taiwan (China), South China Sea Bay of Bengal (to Sri Lanka), along coasts of W Malaysia to Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Siam, Indonesia (Borneo). Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Hydrophiidae, Genus: Kerilia, Species: Kerilia jerdonii (Gray, 1849).
Synonyms:
Kerilia jerdonii Gray, 1849
Hydrophis jerdonii — J. Anderson, 1871
Distira jerdonii — Boulenger, 1896
Kerilia jerdoni [sic] — Wall, 1921
Hydrophis jerdonii — Sanders et al. 2012 |
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