Laticaudinae

Japanese: Laticaudinae
Laticaudinae

…They are often confused with the fish-like sea snake, but are actually a type of snake that is a reptile. Sea snakes are called "sea cobras" because they have many similar characteristics to cobras, and are thought to have evolved from terrestrial cobras. They are divided into the subfamily Hydrophiinae and the subfamily Laticaudinae of the Elapidae family. There are 15 genera and 53 species of sea snakes that live in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific Ocean, and Oceania, and some reach the Pacific coast of Central America. …

From the Erabu Sea Snake

...They are 1 to 1.3 meters long, with a maximum of 1.8 meters, and have a thick body. They come to the coast of Honshu on the Kuroshio Current. Although they are sea snakes, members of the Laticaudinae subfamily have nostrils that open on the sides, a fairly wide abdominal plate, and a fin-like tail that is simply a change in the skin rather than a support for the skeleton, so they retain many of the characteristics of terrestrial snakes. They are also the only oviparous species of sea snake.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Laticaudinae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…魚類のウミヘビと混同されることがよくあるが,爬虫類のヘビの仲間である。ウミヘビ類は〈海のコブラ〉と呼ばれるように,形質がコブラ類と類似した点が多く,陸生のコブラ類から進化したものと考えられており,コブラ科のウミヘビ亜科Hydrophiinaeとエラブウミヘビ亜科Laticaudinaeに分けられている。ウミヘビ類は15属53種がペルシア湾,インド洋から西太平洋,オセアニアの暖かい海域に分布し,一部が中央アメリカの太平洋沿岸に達している。…

【エラブウミヘビ】より

…全長1~1.3m,最大1.8mほどで胴が太く,黒潮に乗って本州沿岸にもやってくる。 エラブウミヘビ亜科Laticaudinaeの仲間はウミヘビながら鼻孔が側面に開き,腹板の幅がかなり広く,ひれ状に変形した尾は骨格の支えではなく単に皮膚の変化によるなど,陸生のヘビの形質が多分に残されている。さらにウミヘビでは唯一の卵生種でもある。…

※「Laticaudinae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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