Taxonavigation

Laticauda colubrina

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Laticaudinae
Genus: Laticauda
Species: L. colubrina – L. crockeri – L. guineai – L. laticaudata – L. saintgironsi – L. schistorhynchus – L. semifasciata

Name

• Laticauda Laurenti, 1768

References

• Brischoux, F.; Bonnet, X. 2009: Life history of sea kraits in New Caledonia. In: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 198: 133–147. PDF
• Cogger, H.G.; Heatwole, H.G. 2006: Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n. sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) - a new lineage of sea kraits? Records of the Australian Museum, 58(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1452

• Gherghel, I., Papes, M., Brischoux, F., Sahlean, T. & Strugariu, A. 2016. A revision of the distribution of sea kraits (Reptilia, Laticauda) with an updated occurrence dataset for ecological and conservation research. ZooKeys 569: 135–148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.569.6975 .Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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