Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Elapidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Hydrophiinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Aipysurus, Emydocephalus ijimae, Acalyptophis, Hydrophis, Lapemis | ||
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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Emydocephalus ijimae
Geographic range
Species of the genus Emydocephalus are found in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
Species
Emydocephalus has three recognized species:
References
Emydocephalus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA