Laticauda crockeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Laticaudinae
Genus: Laticauda
Species: Laticauda crockeri

Name

Laticauda crockeri Slevin, 1934: 186

• Holotype: CAS 72001, ♂, collected by the crew of the yacht Zaca (Templeton Crocker Expedition) on 8 June 1933.
• Type locality: “Lake Tungano [=Te-Nggano], Rennell Island, Solomon Islands”.

References

Primary references

• Slevin, J.R. 1934. The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands, 1933. No. 15. Notes on the reptiles and amphibians, with the description of a new species of sea-snake. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 21(15): 183–188. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Laticauda crockeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 October 2019.
• Lane, A. & Guinea, M. 2010. IUCN: Laticauda crockeri  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T11369A3273817. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T11369A3273817.en

Vernacular names

English: Crocker's Sea Snake