Английская Википедия:Hydrophis brooki

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Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to bodies of water in Southeast Asia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak.[3]

Geographic range

H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand.[1] It is also found in a freshwater lake in Thailand.[4]

Description

Males of H. brookii may attain a total length of Шаблон:Convert, which includes a tail Шаблон:Convert long. Females are slightly smaller, and may attain a total length of Шаблон:Convert, with a tail Шаблон:Convert long.[5]

Diet

H. brookii predominately preys upon eels.[4]

Reproduction

H. brookii is viviparous.[1]

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Hydrophis brookii, pp. 282–283).
  • Günther A (1872). "On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 586-600 + Plates XXXV-XL. (Hydrophis brookii, new species, p. 597, Figure 5).
  • Kharin VE (1983). "[A new species of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from the North Australian Shelf ]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62 (11): 1751–1753. (in Russian).
  • Kharin VE (2004). "[A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae)]". Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447–454. (in Russian).


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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:EMBL species www.reptile-database.org
  2. "Hydrophis brooki ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Hydrophis brookii, p. 39).
  4. 4,0 4,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок IUCN не указан текст
  5. Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. ("Hydrophis brookei [sic]", pp. 465-466).