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Laboute's sea snake
Hydrophis laboutei
Hydrophis laboutei, also known commonly as Laboute's sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Caledonia.
From the article Hydrophis laboutei on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
H. laboutei has 44–46 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and it has 186–187 vertebrae.
Range & habitat
H. laboutei is found in the marine waters of New Caledonia. The type locality is the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific epithet, laboutei, honours Pierre Laboute, a French researcher at the IRD station in Nouméa, who collected the holotype.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Hydrophis laboutei in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35229.