Pelamis platurus can absorb oxygen through its skin while underwater. Hematological parameters of some marine snakes sciencedirect. The chennai coast lies at o 06 n and 80 o 18 e and is the location of more than 60 coastal villages involved in active fishing. The live capture and release of native reptiles and amphibians done to avoid such death or injury may occur only with the departments written approval. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. Most species of sea snakes are benthic foragers, feeding on crabs, fish eggs and demersal fish. Pacific bonito sarda chiliensis and skipjack tuna katsuwonus pelamis without stripes pp. Experiments with the blackandyellow sea snake, pelamis platurus a pelagic species, have shown that this species can get about 20% of its oxygen in this manner, which allows for longer dives. Temperature physiology of the sea snake pelamis platurus. Hydrophis platurus xanthos is diagnosed as differing from other h.
The yellowbellied sea snake pelamis platurus occurs throughout the tropical indian and pacific oceans from east africa to central america. Links to pubmed are also available for selected references. The page you wrote, pelamis platurus, has been selected for quick deletion. The yellowbellied sea snake, hydrophis pelamis platurus, is the only pelagic species of sea snake and is arguably one of the more marineadapted species. On the occurrence of conchoderma virgatum and dosima fascicularis cirripedia, thoracica on the sea snake, pelamis platurus reptilia, serpentes in jalisco, mexico published on 01 jan 2004 by brill. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Pelamis platura can absorb up to 20% of their oxygen through their skin. A new subspecies of sea snake, hydrophis platurus xanthos. The yellowbellied sea snake hydrophis platurus is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily hydrophiinae the sea snakes found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the atlantic ocean. These are probably referencing the pickwell record shown above, which is actually a specimen from 1972 that was written about in 1983. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted.
Pdf preliminary insights into the phylogeography of the. On the occurrence of conchoderma virgatum and dosima fascicularis cirripedia, thoracica on the sea snake, pelamis platurus reptilia, serpentes in. Pelamis platurus is a yellowbellied sea snake that lives in tropical and subtropical waters. Paleoclimatic conditions in the coral triangle were favorable for evolutionary transitions to the sea, while those in the caribbean region and coastlines bordering the atlantic ocean were less favorable. It is the only sea snake that occurs in the eastern pacific and, in fact, has the broadest global distribution of any species of squamate reptile.
Morphology of the retina of the seasnake, pelamis platurus. Pelamis platurus off the coast of the bay of bengal as open ocean and coastal fisheries bycatch from august 2012 to december 20. Contentsshow description body compressed, posteriorly more than twice the diameter of the neck. Many marine snakes have blood volumes either typical of terrestrial species. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Seasonal abundance of sea snakes on the chennai coast. If you think this page should be kept, please add below the line and say why on the talk page.
Preliminary insights into the phylogeography of the yellowbellied sea snake, pelamis platurus article pdf available in integrative and comparative biology 522. Sea snake simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An pelamis platura in uska species han hydrophiidae nga ginhulagway ni linnaeus hadton 1766. The machine, which was rated at 750 kw, was the worlds first offshore wave power machine to generate electricity into the grid system. In 1842 gray transferred it to the genus pelamis and called it pelamis ornata ornata being a synonym of platura. Also in 2008, pelamis wave power was featured on james mays big ideas. Snake venom is a complex mixture of generally two types of proteins, each distinguishable by its activity. Pelamis was featured in the 2008 television documentary manmade. Here, we use mitochondrial nd4, cytb and nuclear rag1 dna to 1 test whether genetic variation is associated with local variation in color. Esso australia pty ltd bass strait environment plan summary. Hydrophiinae, is the most widely distributed snake in the world. This monotypic genus pickwell and culotta 1980 has been reported along the pacific shores of latin america since the early 1500s taylor 1953 and is the only sea snake on the west coast of costa rica solorzano 2004. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus hydrophis.
You can find more information about the reason here. The study was conducted on the chennai coast from january 2009 to december 20 figure 16. The diversity of sea snakes reported here constitute nearly half five of of the sea snake fauna. Its latitudinal distribution limits coincide with the 18c surface isotherm. Distribution of the yellowbellied seasnake pelamis platurus, and its significance in relation to the fossil record. Pelamis platurus yellowbellied seasnake has changed to hydrophis platurus yellowbellied seasnake. The word pelamis is a feminine noun and means young or small tunny fish. Records of turtles and sea snakes in new zealand, 18371996.
Pelamis platura, yellowbelly sea snake, pelagic sea snake or the yellowbellied sea snake pelamis platurus is a species of sea snake found in tropical oceanic waters around the world. Roughly 70 species of sea snakes inhabit the indopacific but are absent from the atlantic ocean. Investigation on the sea snake pelamis distribution of the sea snake pelamis. One species, pelamis platurus, feeds predominantly on small pelagic fish towards the surface. Field guidereptilesaustralia wikibooks, open books for an. Like other land animals that have adapted to life in a marine environment, sea snakes swallow considerably more salt than their relatives living on land. Venomous snakes of the philippines snake distribution snake venoms and their effects bites by venomous snakes can result in a wide range of effects, from simple puncture wounds to lifethreatening illness and death. A new subspecies of sea snake, hydrophis platurus xanthos, from golfo dulce, costa rica 1 results a total of 69 yellow sea snakes collected from the inner basin of golfo dulce was measured and weighed. Aug 01, 2012 the yellowbellied sea snake, pelamis platurus elapidae, hydrophiinae, has the largest distribution of any snake species, and patterns related to its distribution and regional color variation suggest there is population structuring in this species. An pelamis platura in nahilalakip ha genus nga pelamis, ngan familia nga hydrophiidae. Daudin referred to it as pelamis platuros in 1803 and usually has his name attached to the spelling pelamis platurus which people are now familiar with. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 3. Historical trends pelamis platurus was the first specifically identified marine reptile to be noted in new zealand 1837. On the occurrence of conchoderma virgatum and dosima.
Pelagic sea snakes dehydrate at sea proceedings of the. Color patterns and venom characteristics in pelamis platurus pp. Sea snakes are extraordinary divers, able to descend to depths of 100 metres and remain submerged for two hours or more. Apparent additional behavioral di agnostic traits include a sinusoidal ambush posture, and a preference for surfacing in rough rather than smooth waters, lacking an association with drift lines.
This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Yellowandblack sea snake pelamis platurus this list of african snake species will be updated in future. Online news articles about the oxnard snake found in 1015 mention that a seasnake was found in the early 1980s, citing heal the bay, or some say a snake was found in 1983. Pelamis wave power tested their first fullscale prototype at the european marine energy centre in orkney, scotland between 2004 and 2007. The yellowbellied sea snake is the wider in distribution whiting the marine ophidians, occurring in the tropical and subtropical pelamis platurus seas, from the east coast of africa through the indian and pacific oceans to the pacific coast of the americas. Family common names example species cheloniidae sea turtles green sea turtle chelonia mydas dermochelyidae leatherback sea turtle leatherback sea turtle dermochelys coriacea chelidae austroamerican sidenecked turtles common snakeneck turtle chelodina longicollis. Limnology and platurus reptilia, serpentes, hidrophiidae on the oceanography 166. The hailong dragon 1 is a chinese wave energy machine reported to be a near perfect copy of the pelamis which began testing in 2015 in the south china sea. The venomous pelagic sea snake, pelamis platurus elapidae.
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