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Genus Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ELAPIDAE: Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849) — Sanders, K.L., Rasmussen, A.R., Elmberg, J., Mumpuni, Guinea, M., Blias,P., Lee, M.S.Y. & Fry, B.G. 2012. Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849). Zootaxa 3431: 1-18 (determined that Australian populations are a distinct, newly described species, A. mosaicus)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region—waters of South China Sea, Indonesia, Australian Region—waters of New Guinea, islands of western Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024 SQUAMATA 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
04-Feb-2023 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 06-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
25-Feb-2022 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
25-Feb-2022 Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2018 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 SERPENTES 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 ELAPIDAE 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 07-Feb-2024 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011 08-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)