Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869

Annulated Sea Snake; Turtleheaded Sea Snake

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869:322 .— Smith, 1926:26, fig. 14.— Alcala, 1986a:162.— David and Ineich, 1999:91.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:501.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “Probably the Australian Seas ” (see David and Ineich [1999:91]). Syntypes (2): AMS 454 and 6633.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 15B [p. 125]).— “Probably all over Philippine seas” (Alcala [1986:163]) but without exact references.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian), Loyalty Islands.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.