【摘要】 <正>自从Daudin (1803)和Gray (1849)分别依据孟加拉湾和印度洋标本发表青环海蛇Hydrophis cyanocintus Daudin和黑头海蛇H.melanocephalus(Gray)以后,Smith(1926)和Pope (1935)曾对中国沿海的这两种蛇的形态特征进行描述。他们采用前颞鳞数目、头部颜色和头、颈部大小为分类鉴别特征。国内外动物分类学者也以此为依据来区别这两种蛇。近几年作者在海蛇分类工作中,发现在青环海蛇与黑头海蛇之间存在鉴别特征互更多还原

【Abstract】 This paper deals with the identification of Hydrophis cyanocinctus and H.melanocephalus collected from Pin-tang Island, Fujian. According to the standard of specific difference( comparison of average) by Mayr et al.( 1953), the authors have reached a conclusion that Hydrophis cyanocincts and H.melanocephalus mighty be the same species.更多还原