Preferred Label : Hydrophiidae;
MeSH definition : A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like
tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and
Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about
a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology,
3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159);
MeSH synonym : Hydrophiinae; Sea Snakes; Sea Snake; Snake, Sea; Hydrophidae;
CISMeF synonym : Snakes, Sea;
MeSH Related Number : txid8677;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea snake;
UNII : txid292440;
Origin ID : D000073180;
UMLS CUI : C0206343;
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A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like
tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and
Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about
a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology,
3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)
