Lapemis

Beaked seasnake
Lapemis hardwickii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Lapemis
Gray, 1835
Species

See text.

Lapemis is a genus of sea snakes. It contains only two members:

In 1990 Voris and Gritis determined that these two species are not distinct. [1]

Both members are very venomous, as with most sea snakes. They are found in the Indo-Pacific ocean.[2]

References

  1. Gritis, P. & H. K. VORIS (1990). Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus. Fieldiana Zool. n.s. (56): i-iii + 1-13.
  2. http://jcvi.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Lapemis&species=curtus
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