Turtle-headed Sea Snake
Emydocephalus annulatus
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,703
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Emydocephalus annulatus, commonly known as the turtleheaded sea snake or egg-eating sea snake, is a species of sea snake that can be found in waters of Oceania near Australia and some Pacific Islands such as the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. The geographic range is sporadic, for example, with populations distributed near the eastern and western coasts of Australia in the Great Barrier Reef and the Timor Sea reefs, respectively. They do not, however, occur in the Gulf of Carpentaria along the north coast.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Emydocephalus annulatus”.