Laticauda schistorhyncha
Appearance
Laticauda schistorhyncha prope Niuem natat.
Laticauda schistorhyncha (Niueane katuali) est marinus familiae Elapidarum serpens, solum in aquis Niuis insulae Pacificae endemicus, qui ad 1 m longus crescit, et veneno maxime imbutus est unus ex periculosissimis orbis terrarum animalia. Cauda est pinnae similis, ut melius natet.
Bibliographia
[recensere | fontem recensere]- (Günther A. 1874. A Contribution to the Fauna of Savage Island. Proceedings of the Zoolical Society 295-297 + Plate XLV: (Platurus schistorhynchus, new species, p. 297 + Plate XLV, figure B).
- Heatwole, Harold, Alana Grech, Alana, et Helene Marsh. 2017. Paleoclimatology, Paleogeography, and the Evolution and Distribution of Sea Kraits (Serpentes; Elapidae; Laticauda). Herpetological Monographs 31 (1): 1–17.