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    Species Accepted

    Hydrophis major (Shaw, 1802)

    Greater Seasnake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Greater Seasnake English
      Große Ruderschlange German
      Hydrophide Cerclé French
      Hydrophide cercle French
      Idrofide maggiore Italian
      Olive-headed Seasnake English
      Olive-headed or greater seasnake English
      Oliveheaded Sea Snake English
      Serpent marin commun French
      Serpente di mare maggiore Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      41 results
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      Shine, Richard; Claire Goiran, Catherine Shilton, Shai Meiri, Gregory P Brown. (2019). The life aquatic: an association between habitat type and skin thickness in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Blz136.
      Jan, G. (1859). Plan d’une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de serpents: les Serpents de mer. Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) 11: 148-157.
      Jan, G. (1859). Plan d’une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) (11-12): 122-130.
      Porter, R., Irwin, S., Irwin, T., & Rodrigues, K. (1997). Records of marine snake species from the Hey-Embley and Mission Rivers, far North Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27 (2): 2-7.
      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Gray, J. E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59-68.
      Cogger, H. G. (1975). The sea snakes of Australia and New Guinea. pp. 59-139 in Dunson, W. (ed. ) The Biology of Sea Snakes. Baltimore: University Park Press.
      Kharin, Vladimir E.; Jakob Hallermann. (2009). Annotated catalogue of sea kraits (Laticaudidae) and sea snakes (Hydrophiidae) of the herpetological collection of the Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 106: 51-67.
      Wall, F. (1909). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. Mem. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 2 (8): 169-251.

      Citation

      Hydrophis major (Shaw, 1802) in undefined