棘鳞海蛇属

棘鳞海蛇属学名Astrotia)是蛇亚目海蛇科下的一种有毒单型,属下只有棘鳞海蛇Astrotia stokesii)一种海蛇,主要分布于中国广东台湾两岸的南中国海澳洲等海域。

棘鳞海蛇
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 有鳞目 Squamata
亚目: 蛇亚目 Serpentes
科: 海蛇科 Hydrophiidae
属: 棘鳞海蛇属 Astrotia
Fischer, 1855
种:
棘鳞海蛇 A. stokesii
双名法
Astrotia stokesii
Gray, 1846

地理分布

棘鳞海蛇主要分布于两岸、印度西部沿岸、斯里兰卡泰国湾马来西亚越南等海岸地区,与及菲律宾群岛等东南亚海域。另外亦分布于印尼新几内亚的海岸。

参考资料

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