Erabu sea snake subfamily - Erabu sea snake red

Japanese: エラブウミヘビ亜科 - えらぶうみへびあか
Erabu sea snake subfamily - Erabu sea snake red

…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. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Erabu sea snake subfamily" 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。…

※「エラブウミヘビ亜科」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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