Sea snakes
Sign in to saveHydrophiinae is a subfamily of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. It contains most sea snakes and many genera of venomous land snakes found in Australasia, such as the taipans (Oxyuranus), tiger snakes (Notechis), brown snakes (Pseudonaja) and death adders (Acanthophis).
Species
sea snakes
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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- P105
- subfamily
- P2743
- Hydrophiidae
- P1672
- snake venom
- P2348
- Holocene
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- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny and classification
- Genera
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Hydrophiinae is a subfamily of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. It contains most sea snakes and many genera of venomous land snakes found in Australasia, such as the taipans (Oxyuranus), tiger snakes (Notechis), brown snakes (Pseudonaja) and death adders (Acanthophis).
thumb|right|Hydrophis jerdonii, Jerdon's sea snake