Hydrophis cantoris
Hydrophis cantoris, also known commonly as Cantor's narrow-headed sea snake and Cantor's small-headed sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Etymology
The specific name, cantoris, is in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor.Description
H.cantoris has the following diagnostic characters: Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body juxtaposed; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 23-25 dorsal scale rows at neck, 41–48 at thickest part of body ; ventrals divided by a longitudinal fissure; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; ventrals 404–468.The maximum recorded total length of males is, and of females is. The maximum tail length of males is, and of females is.