The terrestrial life of sea kraits : insights from a long-term study on two Laticauda species (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Andaman Islands, India
dc.contributor.author | Tyabji, Zoya | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Mohanty, Nitya Prakash | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Young, Erina | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Khan, Tasneem | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.editor | Voris, Harold K. | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-05T14:14:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-05T14:14:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-10-26 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Tyabji, Z. et al. 2018. The terrestrial life of sea kraits : insights from a long-term study on two Laticauda species (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(11):12443–12450, doi:10.11609/jott.4311.10.11.12443-12450. | en_ZA |
dc.description | The original publication is available at https://threatenedtaxa.org | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Sea kraits forage in water and return to land to digest their prey, mate, slough, and lay their eggs. The temporal terrestrial patterns in encounter rate and behaviour of two species of sea kraits Laticauda colubrina and L. laticaudata were studied over four years at the New Wandoor beach in the southern Andaman Islands. The encounter rate of L. colubrina was found to be 20 times higher than L. laticaudata, and sea kraits were observed to prefer the natural refuge that the microhabitat of uprooted trees provide. Additionally, nesting observations are presented that emphasize the need to promote the conservation of these crucial terrestrial habitats. | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | Andaman Nicobar Environment Team | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4311 | |
dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
dc.format.extent | 12 pages : illustrations, maps | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Tyabji, Z. et al. 2018. The terrestrial life of sea kraits : insights from a long-term study on two Laticauda species (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(11):12443–12450, doi:10.11609/jott.4311.10.11.12443-12450. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0974-7907 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0974-7893 (print) | |
dc.identifier.other | doi:10.11609/jott.4311.10.11.12443-12450 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106791 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Sea snakes -- India -- Andaman Islands | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Sea snakes -- Behavior | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Sea snakes -- Habitat -- Conservation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Laticauda colubrina | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Laticauda laticaudata | en_ZA |
dc.title | The terrestrial life of sea kraits : insights from a long-term study on two Laticauda species (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Andaman Islands, India | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |