Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) -: a new lineage of sea kraits?
Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) -: a new lineage of sea kraits?
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DOI：
10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1452
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发表时间：
2006-06-14
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0.3
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Heatwole, HF
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作者：
Cogger, HG;Heatwole, HF
海蛇Laticauda colubrina是其属中分布最广的成员，从孟加拉湾延伸到亚洲大部分地区和印度-马来亚群岛，新几内亚和西太平洋的许多岛屿。该物种的未经证实的记录可能会延伸到中美洲的西海岸。本种在许多形态和分生特征上具有显著的地理变异，迄今为止，这些变异还没有得到更精细的分类学解析。本复合体中先前被归入种名colubrina下的两个成员在此被正式提升为全种地位。其中一种为圣吉龙阔尾鱼（Laticauda saintgironsi n. sp.）由L.科卢布里纳公司在新喀里多尼亚主岛的海岸和沿海沃茨发现。第二个种-Laticauda frontalis（de维斯，1905年）-是一个矮小的物种，在瓦努阿图和新喀里多尼亚的洛亚蒂群岛与Laticauda colubrina同域和同群。
The sea krait Laticauda colubrina is the most widespread member of its genus, extending from the Bay of Bengal through much of Asia and the Indo-Malayan Archipelago to New Guinea and many islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Unconfirmed records of the species may extend the range to the western coast of Central America. The species is subject to marked geographic variation in a number of morphological and meristic characters that have to date defied finer taxonomic resolution.Two members of this complex previously subsumed under the specific name colubrina are here formally elevated to full species status. One species-Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp.-consists of those populations of L. colubrina s.l. found around the coast and in the coastal waters of the main island of New Caledonia. The second species-Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905)-is a dwarf species found in sympatry and syntopy with Laticauda colubrina in Vanuatu and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.