Calliophis

While some herpetologists have regarded laticaudids as close relatives of sea snakes proper, McDowell (1969, 1987) argued that laticaudids were most closely related to Asiatic coral snakes (Calliophis and Maticora), American coral snakes (Micrurus and Micruroides) and Parapistocalamus (a poorly known snake of New Guinea and Bougainville Island: it’s apparently a specialist eater of snail eggs), and this has since been quite widely supported by other snake workers (e.g.,

‘A miniature plesiosaur without flippers’: surreal morphologies and surprising behaviours in sea snakes Darren Naish 2006

While some herpetologists have regarded laticaudids as close relatives of sea snakes proper, McDowell (1969, 1987) argued that laticaudids were most closely related to Asiatic coral snakes (Calliophis and Maticora), American coral snakes (Micrurus and Micruroides) and Parapistocalamus (a poorly known snake of New Guinea and Bougainville Island: it’s apparently a specialist eater of snail eggs), and this has since been quite widely supported by other snake workers (e.g.,

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006