Hydrophiidae

**Definition:** A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)

**Tree numbers:** - B01.050.050.286.875.750.564 - B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.564 - B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.564

**Synonyms:** - Hydrophidae - Hydrophiinae - Sea Snakes