On the Second Record of Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Pelamis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) from Russia

Vladimir E. Kharin

Abstract


Description of the second record of sea snake Pelamis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) in Russian waters (Bay of Pos’yet, Primorskiy Kray of Far East) is given.

Keywords


Serpentes; Hydrophiidae; Pelamis platurus; second record in Russian waters; description

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2007-14-1-45-49

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