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Aipysurus
Sign in to saveAipysurus is a genus of venomous snakes in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. Member species of the genus are found in warm seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Species
Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyElapidae
Marine waters of South China Sea, Indonesia, northern Australia, New Guinea and the Coral Sea east to New Caledonia. Islands of the western Pacific.
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- Aipysurus laevis.jpg
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- Aipysurus
- taxon common name
- Olive Sea Snakes
- taxon author citation
- Lacépède, 1804
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Aipysurus is a genus of venomous snakes in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. Member species of the genus are found in warm seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
==Taxonomy== The first description of the genus Aipysurus was published by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1804, accommodating his description of a new species found in Australian seas, Aipysurus laevis, the type species of the genus. The description was accompanied by an illustration of the new species. The genus is one of a small group of the viviparous sea snakes (Hydrophiinae: Hydrophiini) with Emydocephalus, also mostly restricted to the seas between Timor, New Guinea and northern Australia.