New Records and Distribution of a Little-Known Sea Krait Laticauda frontalis (Devis, 1905) (Serpentes, Laticaudidae)

Vladimir E. Kharin, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Jakob Hallermann

Abstract


Description of the new records on the distribution of the known-little sea krait Laticauda frontalis is given. New Annotated catalogue for Laticaudidae is proposed.


Keywords


new records; Laticauda frontalis; description; distribution; annotated catalogue of the Laticaudidae

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2010-17-4-285-289

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