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True sea snakes
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True sea snakes

Hydrophiini

True sea snakes, viviparous sea snakes, or coral reef snakes (tribe Hydrophiini), are a group of elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They comprise 62 species divided among 15 genera.

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7 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 64 known species

Typical Sea Snakes

genusHydrophis

Turtle-headed Sea Snakes

genusEmydocephalus

Aipysurus Sea Snakes

genusAipysurus

Black-ringed Sea Snakes

genusHydrelaps

Northwestern Mangrove Sea Snakes

genusEphalophis

Microcephalophis

genusMicrocephalophis

Arafura Mangrove Sea Snakes

genusParahydrophis

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