Laticauda guineai is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The species, which was first described by Heatwole, Busack and Cogger in 2005, is native to waters off southern New Guinea.[1]
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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: | Laticauda |
| Species: | L. guineai
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| Binomial name | |
| Laticauda guineai | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, guineai, is in honor of Australian zoologist Michael Leonard Guinea.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. guineai is shallow tropical seas and coral reefs, to a depth of 10 m (33 ft).[1]
Behavior
editL. guineai is amphibious, often leaving the water to come onto land.[1]
Reproduction
editL. guineai is oviparous.[1][3] The eggs are laid on land.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Lane, A. & Guinea, M. (2010). "Laticauda guineai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T176739A7294503. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laticauda guineai, p. 112).
- ^ Species Laticauda guineai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Gherghel I, Papeş 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.
- Heatwole H, Busack S, Cogger H (2005). "Geographic variation in sea kraits of the Laticauda colubrina complex (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae: Laticaudini)". Herpetological Monographs 19 (1): 1–136. (Laticauda guineai, new species, p. 97).
- Heatwole, Harold; Grech, Alana; Marsh, Helene (2017). "Paleoclimatology, Paleogeography, and the Evolution and Distribution of Sea Kraits (Serpentes; Elapidae; Laticauda)". Herpetological Monographs 31 (1): 1–17.
- Lane A, Shine R (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships within laticaudine sea snakes (Elapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (3): 567–577.
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