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Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Hydrophis gracilis
Family : Elapidae
Order : Squamata
Class : Reptilia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Slender Sea Snake, Narrow-headed Sea Snake, Common Small-headed Sea Snake
Habitat : Marine
Description : Body of Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake is long and slender anteriorly having scales on thickest part of body.Head of them is small and female is larger than male.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Sinomicrurus macclellandi
(Macclelland’s Coral Snake) -
Bungarus niger
(Black Krait) -
Hydrophis schistosus
(Hook-nosed Sea Snake) -
Bungarus caeruleus
(Common Krait) -
Hydrophis cyanocinctus
(Annulated Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis nigrocinctus
(Daudin’s Sea Snake) -
Laticaudata laticaudata
(Black-banded sea krait,) -
Hydrophis lapemoides
(Arabian Gulf Sea Snake) -
Ophiophagus hannah
(King Cobra) -
Hydrophis caerulescens
(Malacca Sea Snake)
Species groups
References:
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:wikipedia.org; photo credit:Samuel Prakash(www.inaturalist.org/people/Samuel Prakash), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:wikipedia.org; photo credit:Samuel Prakash(www.inaturalist.org/people/Samuel Prakash), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.