Hydrophis stricticollis

Hydrophis stricticollis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. stricticollis
Binomial name
Hydrophis stricticollis Günther, 1864
Synonyms
Aturia stricticollis - Welch, 1994 Chitulia stricticollis - Kharin, 2005[2]

Hydrophis stricticollis, commonly called the collared sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.^[3]

Scales on thickest part of body subquadrangular or hexagonal in shape, feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; 8-11 maxillary teeth behind fangs; head small, body long and slender anteriorly, posteriorly 2.5 to 3 times thicker than anteriorly; 1 anterior temporal, rarely divided; 7-8 upper labials, second in contact with prefrontal, 3–4 border eye; 34-41 scale rows around neck, 45–55 around midbody; ventrals 374–452, distinct throughout, less than twice as large as adjacent body scales; grayish to olive above, yellowish below, with 45–65 dark bands, widest dorsally, disappearing with age; head black or olive, yellow markings on snout and along sides of head. Total length, males 105 centimetres (3.44 ft), females 105 centimetres (3.44 ft); tail length, males 140 millimetres (5.5 in), females 90 millimetres (3.5 in).^[4]

Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar [formerly Burma], Bangladesh)

• Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. The Ray Society. (R. Hardwicke, publisher; Taylor & Francis, printers.) London. xxvii + 452 pp.

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