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Aipysurus Sea Snakes
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Aipysurus Sea Snakes

Aipysurus

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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Olive Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus laevis

Reef Shallows Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus duboisii

Mosaic Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus mosaicus

Shark Bay Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus pooleorum

Stagger-banded Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus eydouxii

Brown-lined Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus tenuis

Short-nosed Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus apraefrontalis

Leaf-scaled Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus foliosquama

Dusky Sea Snake

speciesAipysurus fuscus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35257.