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Sea Snake research in New Caledonia

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New Caledonia hosts about fourteen species of sea snakes. They belong to both of the marine Elapidae lineages: laticaudinae or sea kraits, which are oviparous and amphibious, and hydrophiinae or true sea snakes, which are viviparous and fully marine. Some populations of these sea snakes species are exceptionally easy to access for researchers, as they inhabit shallow coastal waters near urbanized areas. However, they did not attract much interest from scientists before the twenty-first century. Less than 20 scientific articles about New Caledonian sea snakes were published before 2000, some of them only making a brief account of species presence. Sea snake research greatly increased in New Caledonia during twenty-first century, as more than 55 articles containing data about New Caledonia sea snakes were published to date. Professor Rick Shine is one of the major initiators of this increase, since he authored or co-authored at least 35 of these papers. These studies cover different aspects of sea snake ecology and evolution. This presentation aims to highlight some of the findings of his research about sea snakes in New Caledonia.
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hal-03394158 , version 1 (22-10-2021)

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Claire Goiran. Sea Snake research in New Caledonia. 9th World Congress of Herpetology, Jan 2020, Dunedin, New Zealand. ⟨hal-03394158⟩
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