Lapemis

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Lapemis is a genus of sea snakes. It contains only two members:

• Shaw's Sea Snake, Lapemis curtus (Shaw, 1802)
• Spine-bellied Sea Snake, Lapemis hardwickii Gray, 1834

In 1990 Voris and Gritis determined that these two species are distinct.

Both members are very venomous, as with all sea snakes. They are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

References

• http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/marine/marine.htm ( Downloaded Feb 18, 2010.)
• Anderson, J. (1871) A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12-39.
• Fischer, J.G. (1856). Die Familie der Seeschlangen. Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Hamburg 3: 1-78
• Gray. J. E.; (1835) Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates
• Gray, J. E.; (1843) "Description of two new species of reptiles from the collection made during the voyages of H.M.S. Sulphur." Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 11: 46
• Gritis, P. & H. K. Voris (1990) Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus. Fieldiana Zool. n.s. (56): i-iii + 1-13.
• Rasmussen, A. R. & I. Ineich (2000) Sea snakes of New Caledonia and surrounding waters (Serpentes: Elapidae): first report on the occurrence of Lapemis curtus and description of new species from the genus Hydrophis. Hamadryad, 25(2): 91-99
• Somaweera, R. & N. Somaweera (2009). An overview of Sri Lankan Sea snakes with an annotated checklist and a field key. Taprobanica 1 (1): 43-54
• Whitaker, Romulus�and Ashok Captain (2004). Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.

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