Aipysurus duboisii Reef shallows seasnake

Aipysurus duboisiiis commonly referred to as Reef shallows seasnake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

8407 

AphiaID:

344635 

Scientific:

Aipysurus duboisii 

German:

Dubois' Seeschlange 

English:

Reef Shallows Seasnake 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Aipysurus (Genus) > duboisii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bavay, 1869 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

21 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 59.06" (150 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Moray eels, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aipysurus apraefrontalis
  Riffseeschlange
• 
  Aipysurus duboisii
  Dubois' Seeschlange
• Aipysurus eydouxii
• Aipysurus foliosquama
• Aipysurus fuscus
• 
  Aipysurus laevis
  Olivefarbene Seeschlange
• Aipysurus mosaicus
• Aipysurus pooleorum
• Aipysurus tenuis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-05-17 13:04:52 

Last edit:

2022-11-13 19:39:50 

Toxicity

Aipysurus duboisii is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Aipysurus duboisii, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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