Biology:Hydrophis sibauensis
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Short description: Species of sea snake
| Hydrophis sibauensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. sibauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis sibauensis Rasmussen, Auliya & Böhme, 2001[2]
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Hydrophis sibauensis, also known as the Kalimantan sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae that is native to Indonesia, and endemic to Borneo. The specific epithet sibauensis refers to the Sibau River.[3]
Behaviour
The species is viviparous.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The range of the snake is limited to the Sibau River, a tributary of the Kapuas River, in West Kalimantan, Borneo, in fresh water some 1,000 km upriver from the sea. The type locality is Putussibau.[3]
References
- ↑ Rasmussen, A. (2010). "Hydrophis sibauensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176710A7287960. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176710A7287960.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176710/7287960. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Arne Redsated; Auliya, Mark; Böhme, Wolfgang (2001). "A new species of the sea snake genus Hydrophis (Serpentes:Elapidae) from a river in West Kalimantan (Indonesia, Borneo)". Herpetologica 57 (1): 23–32.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hydrophis laboutei RASMUSSEN & INEICH, 2000". Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hydrophis&species=laboutei.
Wikidata ☰ Q5314059 entry
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