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Molecules and Morphology Reveal Overlooked Populations of Two Presumed Extinct Australian Sea Snakes (Aipysurus: Hydrophiinae)

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, February 2015
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Title
Molecules and Morphology Reveal Overlooked Populations of Two Presumed Extinct Australian Sea Snakes (Aipysurus: Hydrophiinae)
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PLOS ONE, February 2015
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0115679
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Authors

Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, Arne R. Rasmussen

Abstract

The critically endangered leaf-scaled (Aipysurus foliosquamaI) and short-nosed (A. apraefrontalis) sea snakes are currently recognised only from Ashmore and Hibernia reefs ~600km off the northwest Australian coast. Steep population declines in both species were documented over 15 years and neither has been sighted on dedicated surveys of Ashmore and Hibernia since 2001. We examine specimens of these species that were collected from coastal northwest Australian habitats up until 2010 (A.foliosquama) and 2012 (A. apraefrontalis) and were either overlooked or treated as vagrants in conservation assessments. Morphological variation and mitochondrial sequence data confirm the assignment of these coastal specimens to A. foliosquama (Barrow Island, and offshore from Port Hedland) and A.apraefrontalis (Exmouth Gulf, and offshore from Roebourne and Broome). Collection dates, and molecular and morphological variation between coastal and offshore specimens, suggest that the coastal specimens are not vagrants as previously suspected, but instead represent separate breeding populations. The newly recognised populations present another chance for leaf-scaled and short-nosed sea snakes, but coastal habitats in northwest Australia are widely threatened by infrastructure developments and sea snakes are presently omitted from environmental impact assessments for industry. Further studies are urgently needed to assess these species' remaining distributions, population structure, and extent of occurrence in protected areas.

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India 1 3%
Unknown 31 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 19%
Researcher 5 16%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 41%
Environmental Science 7 22%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Computer Science 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 7 22%
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