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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hydrophiidae

Higher classification
  
Coral reef snakes

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Enhydrina

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles


Similar
  
Enhydrina schistosa, Snake, Coral reef snakes, Hydrophis, Lapemis

Stranded beaked sea snake enhydrina schistosa


Enhydrina, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, is a genus of highly venomous sea snakes. Study of Enhydrina is important for the making of anti-venom. The only sea snake anti-venom available at this time is for snakes in Malaysia of the Species Enhydrina schistosa, often noted as E. schistosa.

Contents

Enhydrina Hydrophis schistosus The Reptile Database

Enhydrina schistosa seasnake dance with a very dangerous specimen


Species

Enhydrina Panoramio Photo of Hook Nosed sea snake Enhydrina schistosa

  • Enhydrina schistosa common throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. This species is implicated in more than 50% of all bites caused by sea snakes, as well as the majority of envenomings and fatalities. Also called the Valakadyn sea snake.
  • Enhydrina zweifeli snakes are found from New Guinea to Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland). As called Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked sea snake. In the past they were thought to be Enhydrina schistosa, but after DNA testing are now provisionally identified as Enhydrina zweifeli. DNA test have shown they are not related to Enhydrina schistosa.

    • Enhydrina Panoramio Photo of Hook Nosed sea snake Enhydrina schistosa

    Both species are found in shallow open sea, river mouths, estuaries, coastal lagoons, and mangrove forests. Normally in water from 3.7-22.2 meters deep. Usually over soft bottoms like mud and sand. Some are found in freshwater lakes in Cambodia and India. As been found to travel up rivers. One was found 7 km upriver in Goa, India.

    Enhydrina Panoramio Photo of Hook Nosed sea snake Enhydrina schistosa

    Enhydrina Panoramio Photo of Hook Nosed sea snake Enhydrina schistosa

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    References

    Enhydrina Wikipedia
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