Laticauda saintgironsi

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

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

Name

Laticauda saintgironsi Cogger & Heatwole, 2006: 249

• Holotype: MNHN-RA 2013.1032 (formerly AMS R162999), adult ♂, collected by H. Cogger and H. Heatwole on 14 September 1993.
• Type locality: “Porc-épic Island, Le Lagon, near Noumea, New Caledonia ... 22°19′45.6″S 166°34′08.5″E”.

References

Primary references

• Cogger, H.G. & Heatwole, H.G. 2006. Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n. sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) - a new lineage of sea kraits? Records of the Australian Museum 58(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1452 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Heatwole, H., Busack, S. & Cogger, H. 2005. Geographic variation in sea kraits of the Laticauda colubrina complex (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae: Laticaudini). Herpetological Monographs 19(1): 1–136. DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0001:GVISKO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Links

• Lane, A. 2010. IUCN: Laticauda saintgironsi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176725A7291181. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176725A7291181.en. Accessed on 04 February 2026.