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Crocker's sea snake
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Hydrophiidae or Elapidae
Subfamily:	Laticaudinae
Genus:	Laticauda
Species:	L. crockeri
Binomial name
	Laticauda crockeri; Slevin, 1934

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Crocker's sea snake (Laticauda crockeri ) is a species of venomous snake in the Laticaudinae subfamily.

Geographic range

L. crockeri is endemic to a single brackish lake (Lake Tenago) on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.

Conservation status

L. crockeri is currently listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to the extremely limited distribution of the species.

Source

Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group. 1996. Laticauda crockeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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 | regnum = [[Animalia]]
 | phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
 | classis = [[Reptilia]]
 | ordo = [[Squamata]]
+| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
 | familia = [[Hydrophiidae]] or [[Elapidae]]
+| subfamilia = [[Laticaudinae]]
 | genus = ''[[Laticauda]]''
 | species = '''''L. crockeri'''''
 | binomial = ''Laticauda crockeri''
-| binomial_authority = Slevin, 1934
+| binomial_authority = [[Joseph Richard Slevin|Slevin]], 1934
 | range_map = Laticauda crockeri distribution (colored).png
 | synonyms = }}
-'''Crocker's sea snake''' (''Laticauda crockeri'') is a species of [[snake]] in the [[Laticaudinae]] family.
+'''Crocker's sea snake''' (''Laticauda crockeri'' ) is a [[species]] of [[venom]]ous [[snake]] in the [[Laticaudinae]] [[subfamily]].
-It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to a single brackish lake (Lake Tenago) on [[Rennell Island]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].
+==Geographic range==
-It is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN due to its extremely limited distribution.
+''L. crockeri'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to a single [[Brackish water|brackish]] [[lake]] (Lake Tenago) on [[Rennell Island]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].
+==Conservation status==
+''L. crockeri'' is currently listed as vulnerable by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) due to the extremely limited distribution of the species.
 ==Source==
-* Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996.  [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11369/all Laticauda crockeri].   [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ]  Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
+* Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group. 1996.  [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11369/all ''Laticauda crockeri''].   [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ]  Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
 [[Category:Fauna of the Solomon Islands]]