The Dwarf Seasnake is a species of sea snake.

Anatomy

Diagnostic Characters.- Scales on thickest part of body quadrangular or hexagonal in shape, feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; 14-18 maxillary teeth behind front fangs; 2 anterior tempo-rals; scales in 31-43 rows on the neck, 38-54 around midbody (increase from neck to midbody 6-14); ventrals 253-334, distinct throughout though not twice as large as adjacent body scales; bluish gray above, whitish below, with 40-60 broad bands, about twice as wide as interspaces, tapering ventrally (in older adults, bands become indistinct).

Distribution

Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 (Pakistan, India, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, W Indonesia, Malaysia), Coasts of Shandong and Guangdong (China), South China Sea

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...

, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia/Loyalty Islands.