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Scientific Name: Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonym: Pelamis platurus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Local/Bangla Name: Rangila Samudrik Shap (রঙিলা সামুদ্রিক সাপ)
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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae
Description:
Yellow bellied sea snake has compressed body, posteriorly more than twice the diameter of the neck. Body scales are sub-quadrangular in shape and Juxtaposed. There are 49-67 scale rows around the thickest part of the body. It has narrow head with an elongate snout. Color variable but most often distinctly bicolored, black above, yellow or brown below, the dorsal and ventral colors sharply demarcated from one another. It also has 7-8 upper labials, with 4-5 below the eye but separated from the border by a subocular.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Along the coasts of South and southeast Asia. Rather uncommon in the Bay of Bengal, sometimes washed ashore.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Sarker MAR, Ukuwela K, Sanders KL, Jaman M (2017) Sea Snakes of Bangladesh: A Preliminary Survey of Cox’s Bazar District With Notes on Diet, Reproduction, and Conservation Status Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12(2):384–396
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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