Stokes Sea Snake

Order Squamata; Suborder Serpentes; Family Elapidae; Subfamily Hydrophiinae; Scientific name: Astrotia stokesii; Common name: Stokes’ Sea Snake – Distribution in Australia: coral reef and coastal waters of the continental shelf between Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia and central New South Wales; Also: extending north to New Guinea and west to South-east Asia; Note: DANGEROUSLY VENOMOUS.