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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is found from the Cambodia, Gulf of Thailand south to Indonesia (either Java or Sumatra), Penenisular Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Viet Nam (Laidlaw 1901). The type locality is from Thailand. The Brunei record is based on one washed up individual and may well be a vagrant (Das 1993).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam
Vagrant:
Brunei Darussalam
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – western central
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Population [top]
Population: There is no quantitative information for the population of this species. It is not common in the Java Sea, and is only locally common (in Indonesia) in the mouth of the Mengala River (Smith 1926).
It is not common in trawls in VietNam (A. Rasmussen pers. comm. 2009). In surveys of trawl bycatch in 2000, 2001, and 2004, there were only three individuals caught in a total of approximately 1,000 sea snakes.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is confined to shallow muddy coastal waters (Smith 1926). There is a record from freshwater in the Pattani region in Thailand (Boulenger 1912).
Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Heavy trawling, pollution and coastal development within the range of the species is a major threat. The Gulf of Thailand is an area of particular concern.
There is anecdotal information that there used to be more individuals of this species, but now capture is very rare (A. Rasmussen pers. comm. 2009). However, there have never been a large number individuals of this species recorded. It may be naturally rare and patchily distributed as indicated by the few records and localities.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no species specific conservation measures for this species, but it may occur in marine protected areas.
Citation: Rasmussen, A., Sanders, K. & Lobo, A. 2010. Kolpophis annandalei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176731A7292396. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176731A7292396.en. Downloaded on 09 May 2017.
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