slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis melanocephalus) Description クロガシラウミヘビ. at Suma aquarium. http://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/harumkoh/2014/11/9
Date 9 November 2014, 14:11
Source Japan sea snake, Slender-necked Seasnake (Hydrophis melanocephalus) https://www.flickr.com/photos/harumkoh/15601772710/
Author harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan https://www.flickr.com/people/89279812@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_sea_snake,_Slender-necked_Seasnake_(Hydrophis_melanocephalus)_(15601772710).jpg
The slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis melanocephalus) is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. It is found in South China Sea, Japan, Coasts of Taiwan and Guangdong northward to Zhejiang (China), Australia and New Guinea. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Elapidae, Subfamily: Hydrophiinae, Genus: Hydrophis, Species: Hydrophis melanocephalus (Gray, 1849).
Synonyms:
Hydrophis sublævis Var. melanocephala Gray, 1849
Hydrophis melanocephalus - Boulenger, 1896
Microcephalophis melanocephalus - Stejneger, 1898
Disteira melanocephala - Stejneger, 1907
Leioselasma melanocephala - Welch, 1994
