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Microcephalophis
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Microcephalophis

Microcephalophis gracilis, also known as the graceful small-headed seasnake, slender sea snake, narrow-headed sea snake, common small-headed sea snake, is a species of sea snake found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is venomous.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Slender Sea Snake

speciesMicrocephalophis gracilis

Gunther's Sea Snake

speciesMicrocephalophis cantoris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1474097.