Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed seasnake, Sahul reef snake

Aipysurus apraefrontalis is commonly referred to as Short-nosed seasnake, Sahul reef snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

9567 

AphiaID:

344636 

Scientific:

Aipysurus apraefrontalis 

German:

Riffseeschlange 

English:

Short-nosed Seasnake, Sahul Reef Snake 

Category:

Gady 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Aipysurus (Genus) > apraefrontalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith, 1926 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

- 40 Meter 

Size:

31.5" - 43.31" (80cm - 110cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aipysurus apraefrontalis
  Riffseeschlange
• 
  Aipysurus duboisii
  Dubois' Seeschlange
• Aipysurus eydouxii
• Aipysurus foliosquama
• Aipysurus fuscus
• 
  Aipysurus laevis
  Olivefarbene Seeschlange
• Aipysurus mosaicus
• Aipysurus pooleorum
• Aipysurus tenuis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-26 16:50:00 

Last edit:

2022-11-13 19:36:51 

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