Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [marine species] Bibliography of the genus Emydocephalus Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [marine species] Genus Emydocephalus Turtle-headed Sea Snakes Schildkrötenkopf-Seeschlangen Skildpaddehovedede Havslanger 1869 Emydocephalus Krefft (type species: Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft 1869) Contents: 4 species, of which 2 (50.0%) are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: SE. Asia, Malay Archipelago, Australia, SW. Pacific Ocean. Reported from: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island], Western Australia), Fiji, Indonesia (Java, Western New Guinea), Japan (Ryukyu Islands [Okinawa Islands, Sakishima Islands, Satsunan Islands]), New Caledonia (incl. Grande Terre, Loyalty Islands), Philippines (Panglao), Taiwan, Vietnam. Emydocephalus annulatus Annulated Turtle-headed Sea Snake, Ringed Turtle-headed Sea Snake Gebänderte Schildkrötenkopf-Seeschlange Båndet Skildpaddehovedet Havslange 1869 Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft Aipysurus annulatus Boulenger 1896 Ephalophis annulatus Koba 1973 1869 Aipysurus chelonicephalus Bavay (Golay & al. 1993) 1869 Emydocephalus tuberculatus Krefft (Golay & al. 1993) Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island], Western Australia), Fiji, Indonesia (Java, Western New Guinea), New Caledonia (incl. Grande Terre, Loyalty Islands), Philippines (Panglao), Vietnam. Emydocephalus ijimae Japanese Turtle-headed Sea Snake, (Ijima's Turtle-headed Sea Snake) Japanische Schildkrötenkopf-Seeschlange Japansk Skildpaddehovedet Havslange 1898 Emydocephalus ijimae Stejneger Laticauda ijimae Okada 1932 Emydocephalus annulatus ijimae Koba 1959 Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands [Okinawa Islands, Sakishima Islands, Satsunan Islands]), Taiwan. Emydocephalus orarius Western Australian Turtle-headed Sea Snake Westaustralische Schildkrötenkopf-Seeschlange Vestaustralsk Skildpaddehovedet Havslange 2020 Emydocephalus orarius Nankivell, Goiran, Hourston, Shine, Rasmussen, Thomson & Sanders Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Emydocephalus szczerbaki Vietnamese Turtle-headed Sea Snake Vietnamesische Schildkrötenkopf-Seeschlange Vietnamesisk Skildpaddehovedet Havslange 2011 Emydocephalus szczerbaki Dotsenko Remarks: Not mentioned by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014). Distribution: Vietnam.