Emydocephalus annulatus Turtle-headed seasnake, Egg-eating Sea Snake, Ringed Sea Snake

Emydocephalus annulatus is commonly referred to as Turtle-headed seasnake, Egg-eating Sea Snake, Ringed Sea Snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

9055 

AphiaID:

344036 

Scientific:

Emydocephalus annulatus 

German:

Eierfressende Seeschlange 

English:

Turtle-headed Seasnake, Egg-eating Sea Snake, Ringed Sea Snake 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Emydocephalus (Genus) > annulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Krefft, 1869 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea, Timor, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Fish eggs, Food specialist 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Emydocephalus annulatus
  Eierfressende Seeschlange
• 
  Emydocephalus ijimae
  Seeschlange
• Emydocephalus szczerbaki

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-20 13:10:20 

Last edit:

2019-09-06 15:56:23 

Toxicity

Emydocephalus annulatus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Emydocephalus annulatus, 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 Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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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