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Laticauda saintgironsi Cogger & Heatwole, 2006

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

Don de l'Australian Museum Sydney (= AMS R162999) en 2013
Mâle
Adulte

Taxonomy

Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Laticauda saintgironsi Cogger & Heatwole, 2006

Origin

Près de Nouméa
Île de Porc-épic, Le Lagon
1993-09-14

Determination

Cogger, Harold G. & Heatwole, Harold F. 2006 HOLOTYPE
Cogger, Harold G. & Heatwole, Harold F. 2006. Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n. sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) - a new lineage of sea kraits? Rec. Austral. Mus. 58 (2): 245-256