Hydrophis laboutei
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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. laboutei
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| Hydrophis laboutei | |
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Hydrophis laboutei, also known commonly as Laboute's sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Caledonia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet, laboutei, honours Pierre Laboute, a French researcher at the IRD station in Nouméa, who collected the holotype.[2][3]
Description
[edit]H. laboutei has 44–46 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and it has 186–187 vertebrae.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]H. laboutei is found in the marine waters of New Caledonia. The type locality is the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Other than being marine, the precise habitat of H. laboutei is unknown. The holotype was collected with a trawl at a depth of 62 m (203 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]H. laboutei is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rasmussen, A. (2010). "Hydrophis laboutei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176758A7298709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176758A7298709.en. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Hydrophis laboutei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis laboutei, p. 49).
Further reading
[edit]- Kharin VE, Dotsenko IB (2012). "The first record of the sea snake Chitulia inornata Gray, 1849 from the Arabian Sea with notes on the composition of the genus Chitulia Gray, 1849 (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae)". Russian Journal of Marine Biology 38 (1): 35–42. (Chitulia laboutei). (in English and Russian).
- Rasmussen AR, Ineich I (2000). "Sea snakes of New Caledonia and surrounding waters (Serpentes: Elapidae): first report on the occurrence of Lapemis curtus and description of a new species from the genus Hydrophis ". Hamadryad 25 (2): 91–99. (Hydrophis laboutei, new species, pp. 94–97 Figures 1–2).
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