Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed seasnake, Sahul reef snake

Aipysurus apraefrontalis is commonly referred to as Short-nosed seasnake, Sahul reef snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

9567 

AphiaID:

344636 

Scientific:

Aipysurus apraefrontalis 

German:

Riffseeschlange 

English:

Short-nosed Seasnake, Sahul Reef Snake 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Aipysurus (Genus) > apraefrontalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith, 1926 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

- 40 Meter 

Size:

31.5" - 43.31" (80cm - 110cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aipysurus apraefrontalis
  Riffseeschlange
• 
  Aipysurus duboisii
  Dubois' Seeschlange
• Aipysurus eydouxii
• Aipysurus foliosquama
• Aipysurus fuscus
• 
  Aipysurus laevis
  Olivefarbene Seeschlange
• Aipysurus mosaicus
• Aipysurus pooleorum
• Aipysurus tenuis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-26 16:50:00 

Last edit:

2022-11-13 19:36:51 

Toxicity

Aipysurus apraefrontalis is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Aipysurus apraefrontalis, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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