Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 03:01
in Earth & Climate
Günther's sea snake (Microcephalophis cantoris), a rarely seen venomous sea snake with distribution thought to stretch from the Malay Peninsula to Pakistan, has now been recorded from Iranian coastal waters off the western Gulf of Oman, more than 400 kilometers away from the westernmost boundary of its previously known range.