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Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012 
AphiaID: 709322

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Serpentes (Suborder) > Alethinophidia (Infraorder) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophiinae (Subfamily) > Aipysurus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Aipysurus Lacepède, 1804
Source  original description: Sanders, K.L., Rasmussen, A.R.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. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English mosaic sea serpent  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution type locality: New Guinea [details]
type locality: North Australia [details]
Link To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Image 
Mosaic Sea Serpent
Mosaic Sea Serpent
added on 2012-10-29 - author: Kristianstad University
qualitystatus: checked by Uetz, Peter on 2012-10-29 10:37:38
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709322
Taxonomic
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2012-10-29 09:16:43Z  created  Uetz, Peter
  
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  Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012. In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709322 on 2013-06-19
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