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Some observations on the beaked sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin, 1803) in the mudbank area, off Alapuzha, Kerala, southwest coast of India

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Title Some observations on the beaked
sea snake Enhydrina schistosa
(Daudin, 1803) in the mudbank area,
off Alapuzha, Kerala, southwest
coast of India
 
Creator Jeyabaskaran, R
Abhilash, K S
Mohan, Gishnu
Vishnu, P G
Mohammed, Abbas A
Aswathy, K S
Khambadkar, L R
Prema, D
Kripa, V
 
Subject Reptile
 
Description Hook-nosed sea snake or beaked snake, Enhydrina schistosa
were caught during experimental fishing operations in the
mudbank region along central Kerala Coast at depths
ranging from 6 to 12 m. The sea snakes were found to
form aggregations of 5 to 6 numbers and were able to
tolerate highly turbid waters. The catfish Arius jella and the
puffer fish Lagocephalus inermis were the dominant prey
items. mudbanks are unusually calm areas which form
along the Kerala coast during the monsoon. The inshore
waters including the mudbanks are intense fishing areas of
non mechanized crafts during the monsoon. The presence
of venomous sea snakes is precarious and there is a need
to give awareness programme for the fishers about this
danger.
 
Publisher MBAI, Cochin-14
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10742/1/8.%20JMBAI%2057-2%20ART16.pdf
Jeyabaskaran, R and Abhilash, K S and Mohan, Gishnu and Vishnu, P G and Mohammed, Abbas A and Aswathy, K S and Khambadkar, L R and Prema, D and Kripa, V (2015) Some observations on the beaked sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin, 1803) in the mudbank area, off Alapuzha, Kerala, southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 57 (2). pp. 109-112. ISSN 2321-7898