Species profile—Aipysurus mosaicus (mosaic sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Aipysurus mosaicus (mosaic sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders,Rasmussen,Elmberg,Mumpuni,Guinea,Blias,Lee&Fry, 2012
- Common name
- mosaic sea snake
- Type reference
- 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.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 373
- Synonym(s)
- Aipysurus eydouxii
- Alternate name(s)
- spine-tailed sea snake
mosaic-backed sea snake
marbled sea snake
Eydoux's sea snake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=373.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
