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'''Crocker's sea snake''' (''Laticauda crockeri'' ) is a [[species]] of [[venom]]ous [[snake]] in the [[subfamily]] Hydrophiinae. The species ''L. crockeri'' is found in [[Oceania]]. |
'''Crocker's sea snake''' (''Laticauda crockeri'' ) is a [[species]] of [[venom]]ous [[snake]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Hydrophiinae]]. The species ''L. crockeri'' is found in [[Oceania]]. |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''crockeri'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] railroad [[Business magnate|magnate]] [[Charles Templeton Crocker]] (1885-1948), who allowed the [[California Academy of Sciences]] to use his [[yacht]], the ''Zaca'', for scientific expeditions.<ref>Beolens |
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''crockeri'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] railroad [[Business magnate|magnate]] [[Charles Templeton Crocker]] (1885-1948), who allowed the [[California Academy of Sciences]] to use his [[yacht]], the ''Zaca'', for scientific expeditions.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Laticauda crockeri'', p. 61).</ref> |
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==Geographic range== |
==Geographic range== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group |
* Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11369/all "''Laticauda crockeri'' "]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 29 July 2007. |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*[[Joseph Richard Slevin|Slevin JR]] (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands, 1933. Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians, with the Description of a New Species of Sea-snake". ''Proc. California Acad. Sci.'' '''21''' (15) 183-188. (''Laticauda crockeri'', new species, p. 186). |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Laticauda |
| Species: | L. crockeri
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| Laticauda crockeri Slevin, 1934
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Crocker's sea snake (Laticauda crockeri ) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae. The species L. crockeri is found in Oceania.
Etymology
The specific name, crockeri, is in honor of American railroad magnate Charles Templeton Crocker (1885-1948), who allowed the California Academy of Sciences to use his yacht, the Zaca, for scientific expeditions.[1]
Geographic range
L. crockeri is endemic to a single brackish lake (Lake Te-Nggano) 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.
References
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laticauda crockeri, p. 61).
External links
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). "Laticauda crockeri ". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
Further reading
- Slevin JR (1934). "The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands, 1933. Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians, with the Description of a New Species of Sea-snake". Proc. California Acad. Sci. 21 (15) 183-188. (Laticauda crockeri, new species, p. 186).
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