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Laticauda colubrina  (Schneider, 1799)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174350

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Hydrus colubrinus Schneider, 1799
  
  Common Name(s): Banded Sea Krait [English]
  
    Banded Seakrait [English]
  
    Colubrine Sea Krait [English]
  
    Yellow-lipped Sea Krait [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyElapidae F. Boie, 1827 – Cobras, Coral Snakes, Elapids, Kraits, Coralsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyLaticaudinae Cope, 1876  
                                        GenusLaticauda Laurenti, 1768 – Sea Kraits, Seakraits  
                                           SpeciesLaticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799) – Banded Sea Krait, Banded Seakrait, Colubrine Sea Krait, Yellow-lipped Sea Krait  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Laticauda colubrina    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Laticauda colubrina   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Laticauda colubrina, Colubrine Sea Krait [English], Yellow-lipped Sea Krait [English]   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Laticauda colubrina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dumerilia, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 3-499   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1256-7779   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Laticauda colubrina   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Native  
 

 

    

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