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Descriptor English: Hydrophiidae
Descriptor Spanish: Hydrophiidae
Descriptor Hydrophiidae
Entry term(s) Hydrophiinae
Scope note: Subfamilia de serpientes elápidas marinas que engloba alrededor de 50 especies con cola aplanada en forma de remo que utilizan como tal. Se encuentran principalmente en aguas costeras del sur de Asia y Australia. Las más grandes pueden alcanzar longitudes de casi 9 pies aunque la mayoría de las especies tienen solamente alrededor de un tercio de esa longitud. Todas ellas son venenosas. (Traducción libre del original: Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)
Descriptor Portuguese: Hydrophiidae
Descriptor French: Hydrophiidae
Entry term(s): Hydrophidae
Hydrophiinae
Sea Snake
Sea Snakes
Snake, Sea
Snakes, Sea
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.564
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073180
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Elapid Venoms (1978-2017)
Elapidae (1994-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see ELAPIDAE 1994-2017
History Note: 2018; use ELAPIDAE 1994-2017
Related: Elapid Venoms MeSH
DeCS ID: 56903
Unique ID: D000073180
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/03/29
Hydrophiidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0026981
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Hydrophiidae
Entry term(s) Hydrophidae
Hydrophiinae
Sea Snake
Sea Snakes
Snake, Sea
Snakes, Sea



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