Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis)

Query: elapidae

Result: 5^th of 97

Subject:	Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis)

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Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995

Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html

For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-

Comments
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The olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis), aka golden sea snake or olive-brown sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake of the family Elapidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. The olive sea snake swims using a paddle-like tail. It has brownish and purple scales along the top of its body whilst its underside is a white color.
Order: Squamata > Suborder: Serpentes > Family: Elapidae > Genus: Aipysurus > Species: Aipysurus laevis

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