棘鱗海蛇屬

棘鱗海蛇屬學名Astrotia)是蛇亞目海蛇科下的一種有毒單型,屬下只有棘鱗海蛇Astrotia stokesii)一種海蛇,主要分布於中國廣東台灣兩岸的南中國海澳洲等海域。

棘鱗海蛇
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 爬蟲綱 Reptilia
目: 有鱗目 Squamata
亞目: 蛇亞目 Serpentes
科: 海蛇科 Hydrophiidae
屬: 棘鱗海蛇屬 Astrotia
Fischer, 1855
種:
棘鱗海蛇 A. stokesii
二名法
Astrotia stokesii
Gray, 1846

地理分布

棘鱗海蛇主要分布於兩岸、印度西部沿岸、斯里蘭卡泰國灣馬來西亞越南等海岸地區,與及菲律賓群島等東南亞海域。另外亦分布於印尼新畿內亞的海岸。

參考資料

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