Species Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869

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Species Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869

Dubois' Sea Snake, Reef Shallows Sea Snake

Aipysurus australis Sauvage, H.E. 1877. Sur quelques ophidiens d'espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de la collection du Museum. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 1: 107-115 [114].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (not found), Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Smith, M.A. 1926. Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [242]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, Coral Sea QLD, Ashmore Is., Cartier Is., Timor Sea; New Guinea, New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, continental shelf, coral reef, diurnal, inshore, nektonic, piscivore, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Perennially active, viviparous.

Notes

Non-Australian synonyms:

Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, A. (1869). Catalogue des reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 15: 1-37 [33].
Type data: holotype Marine Museum Brest (see Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.).
Type locality: Lifu (as Lifou), Loyalty Ils, New Caledonia.

Pelagophis lubricus Peters, W. & Doria, G. (1878). Catalogo dei Rettili e dei Batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 13: 323-450 [414, pl. 5] [erroneously referred to Aipysurus laevis by Capocaccia, L. (1961). Catalogo dei tipi di Rettili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 'Giacomo Doria' 72: 86-111].
Type data: holotype MCG C.E.30765.
Type locality: Yule Is., Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.; Cogger, H.G. (1983). in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and Reptiles. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. [242].