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Report on occurrence of Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis off Kerala coast

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Title Report on occurrence of Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis off Kerala coast
 
Creator Jeyabaskaran, R
Lavanya, R
Bose, John
Vysakhan, P
John, Seban
Prema, D
Kripa, V
 
Subject Reptile
 
Description Sea snakes play an important role in the marine
food web and studies on their diversity and
distribution are very limited in India. Globally, 70
species of sea snakes have been reported under the
family Elapidae which is divided into two subfamilies
(i) Laticaudinae and (ii) Hydrophiinae. Sea snakes
belonging to the subfamily Hydrophiinae are
considered as ‘true sea snakes’ with 62 species
which are viviparous (give birth to live young at
sea). Laticaudinae sea snakes called the ‘sea kraits’
have 8 species and are oviparous. They come to the
land for mating and to lay eggs.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10967/1/226-3.pdf
Jeyabaskaran, R and Lavanya, R and Bose, John and Vysakhan, P and John, Seban and Prema, D and Kripa, V (2015) Report on occurrence of Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis off Kerala coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (226). pp. 13-14. ISSN 0254-380 X