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Mosaic sea snake |
Weipa, Queensland Photo © Ray Lloyd |
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Aipysurus mosaicus | ||||||
Pronunciation | moe-SAY-i-kuss | |||||
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Etymology |
Aipysurus: 'high tail'.
mosaicus: "from the Latin mosaicus in reference to the mosaic-like pattern of dark and light scales arranged in irregularly staggered cross-bands."1 |
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Other names | Aipysurus eydouxii | |||||
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
RangeNorthern Australia, and New Guinea. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesQueensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, 200 m bathymetric HabitatOffshore waters, estuaries and tidal rivers, where it is associated with soft sand and mud bottom substrates.1 |
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