Laticauda laticaudata

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Laticaudinae
Genus: Laticauda
Species:

Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Lectotype: NHR Lin-87 (formerly MAFR). [designated by Stejneger (1907: 402)]
• Type locality: “Indiis”.

• Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758: 222 [original combination]
• Platurus laticaudatus — Girard, 1858 [subsequent combination]
• Laticauda laticaudata — Stejneger, 1907 [subsequent combination]

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Laticauda laticaudata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 June 2022.
• Lane, A., Guinea, M., Lobo, A. & Gatus, J. 2010. IUCN: Laticauda laticaudata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176771A7301306. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176771A7301306.en. Accessed on 19 December 2021.

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