| Descriptor English: | Hydrophiidae | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Hydrophiidae
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Hydrophiidae | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Hydrophiidae | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Aipysurus Hydrophidae Hydrophiinae Sea Snake Sea Snakes Snake, Sea Snakes, Sea |
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| Tree number(s): |
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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Elapid Venoms (1978-2017) Elapidae (1994-2017) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2018; see ELAPIDAE 1994-2017 |
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| History Note: | 2018; use ELAPIDAE 1994-2017 |
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| Related: |
Elapid Venoms
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| 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: | 2023/05/31 |
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Hydrophiidae
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| 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 |
| Concept UI |
M000763376 |
| Preferred term | Aipysurus |
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