Ketika kita semua berpikir bahwa hanya ikan yang bernapas melalui insang, ternyata ada spesies lain yang dapat melakukannya. Perkenalkan, Hydrophis cyanocinctus.
- Senior lecturer, Adelaide University
Hydrophis cyanocinctus is the only sea snake species known to breathe through the top of its head, using a special arrangement of blood vessels in much the same way as fish gills.
Short-nosed (Aipysurus apraefrontalis) and Leaf-scaled (A. foliosquama) sea snakes are restricted to coral reefs in Western Australia. Both species are known from Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs, while the…
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