Aipysurus mosaicus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Aipysurus
Species:
Name
Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012: 7
- Holotype: SAMA R65222, adult ♂, collected by B.F. Fry in October 2000.
- Type locality: “in the Gulf of Carpentaria near Weipa, Australia”.
References
Primary references
- Sanders, K.L., Rasmussen, A.R., Elmberg, J., Mumpuni, Guinea, M., Blias, P., Lee, M.S.Y. & Fry, B.G. 2012. Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849). Zootaxa 3431: 1–18. Preview PDFReference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Aipysurus mosaicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2019.
- Rasmussen, A.R., Courtney, T. & Sanders, K. 2021. IUCN: Aipysurus mosaicus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T129302685A129302692. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T129302685A129302692.en. Accessed on 04 August 2025.
Vernacular names
- English: Mosaic Sea Snake