| Hydrophis laboutei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. laboutei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis laboutei | |
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Hydrophis laboutei, also known commonly as Laboute's sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Caledonia.
The specific epithet, laboutei, honours Pierre Laboute, a French researcher at the IRD station in Nouméa, who collected the holotype. [2] [3]
H. laboutei has 44–46 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and it has 186–187 vertebrae. [2]
H. laboutei is found in the marine waters of New Caledonia. The type locality is the Chesterfield Islands in the Coral Sea. [2]
Other than being marine, the precise habitat of H. laboutei is unknown. The holotype was collected with a trawl at a depth of 62 m (203 ft). [1]
H. laboutei is ovoviviparous. [2]
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