Greenish or yellow-olive above, whitish below; 35-50 olive to dark gray dorsal bars, tapering to a point laterally, occasionally encircling body; a narrow dark ventral stripe or broad irregular band occasionally present;
Adults often lack any pattern and are uniform olive to dark gray;
Head pale olive to black, yellow markings on snout present or not.
Total length 860 mm (2' 4"), tail length 85 mm (3.3").
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abBeolens, Bo;
Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lapemis hardwickii, p. 116).
Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthogylyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Enhydris hardwickii, p. 301).
Gray JE (1835). Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. London (1833–1834): Adolphus Richter. (Stirling, printer). 263 pp., 95 plates. (Lapemis hardwickii, new species, Plate 87, Figure 2).
Gray JE (1843). "Description of two new species of reptiles from the collection made during the voyages of H.M.S. Sulphur." Annals and Magazine of Natural History [First Series ] 11: 46.
Gritis P,
Voris HK (1990). "Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus." Fieldiana Zoology, New Series (56): i–iii + 1–13.
Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I–XXVI. (Hydrophis hardwickii, p. 380 + Plate XXV, figure W).
Leviton AE,
Wogan GOU,
Koo MS,
Zug GR,
Lucas RS,
Vindum JV (2003). "The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar: Illustrated Checklist with Keys". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences54 (24): 407–462. (Lapemis hardwickii, p. 436).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Lapemis hardwickii, pp. 468–470, Figures 148 & 149).
Greenish or yellow-olive above, whitish below; 35-50 olive to dark gray dorsal bars, tapering to a point laterally, occasionally encircling body; a narrow dark ventral stripe or broad irregular band occasionally present;
Adults often lack any pattern and are uniform olive to dark gray;
Head pale olive to black, yellow markings on snout present or not.
Total length 860 mm (2' 4"), tail length 85 mm (3.3").
^
abBeolens, Bo;
Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lapemis hardwickii, p. 116).
Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthogylyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Enhydris hardwickii, p. 301).
Gray JE (1835). Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. London (1833–1834): Adolphus Richter. (Stirling, printer). 263 pp., 95 plates. (Lapemis hardwickii, new species, Plate 87, Figure 2).
Gray JE (1843). "Description of two new species of reptiles from the collection made during the voyages of H.M.S. Sulphur." Annals and Magazine of Natural History [First Series ] 11: 46.
Gritis P,
Voris HK (1990). "Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus." Fieldiana Zoology, New Series (56): i–iii + 1–13.
Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I–XXVI. (Hydrophis hardwickii, p. 380 + Plate XXV, figure W).
Leviton AE,
Wogan GOU,
Koo MS,
Zug GR,
Lucas RS,
Vindum JV (2003). "The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar: Illustrated Checklist with Keys". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences54 (24): 407–462. (Lapemis hardwickii, p. 436).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Lapemis hardwickii, pp. 468–470, Figures 148 & 149).