Crocker's sea snake
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Crocker's sea snake (Laticauda crockeri) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to Oceania.
Etymology
The specific name, crockeri, is in honor of American railroad magnate Charles Templeton Crocker (1885-1948), who allowed the California Academy of Sciences to use his yacht, the Zaca, for scientific expeditions.[1]
Geographic range
L. crockeri is endemic to Lake Tegano, a brackish lake on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.[2]
Description
L. crockeri is sexually dimorphic, with females growing to be longer and heavier than males.[3] Females may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Script error: No such module "convert"., but males may attain only Script error: No such module "convert". in SVL.[4] Maximum tail length is about Script error: No such module "convert". in both sexes.[4]
Conservation status
L. crockeri is currently listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to the extremely limited distribution of the species.[3]
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Laticauda crockeri, p. 61).
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Further reading
- Slevin JR (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands, 1933. Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians, with the Description of a New Species of Sea-snake". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 21 (15) 183–188. (Laticauda crockeri, new species, p. 186).