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Disteira - Lacépède, 1804

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Statistics: Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 2 out of 2 Australian species

Size range:
Smallest Australian species: olive-headed sea snake (Disteira major) at 160 cm
 Longest Australian species: spectacled sea snake (Disteira kingii) at up to 190 cm
Number of Australian species: 2
 

spectacled sea snake (Disteira kingii)
Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia
Photo © Brad Maryan
spectacled sea snake (Disteira kingii) distribution range map Disteira kingii
Spectacled sea snake
Year described
(Boulenger 1896)
Description

olive-headed sea snake (Disteira major)
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Photo © Ray Lloyd
olive-headed sea snake (Disteira major) distribution range map Disteira major
Olive-headed sea snake
Year described
(Shaw 1802)
Description

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