Hydrophis laboutei | |
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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: | Hydrophis |
Species: | H. laboutei
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Binomial name | |
Hydrophis laboutei Rasmussen & Ineich, 2000
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Hydrophis laboutei, also known as Laboute's sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae that is native to New Caledonia. The specific epithet laboutei honours Pierre Laboute, a French researcher at the IRD station in Nouméa, who collected the holotype. [2]
The species is viviparous. [2]
The snake is found in the marine waters of New Caledonia. The type locality is the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea. [2]