Crocker's sea snake [SEP] parent taxon
Crocker's sea snake
Crocker's sea snake ("Laticauda crockeri" ) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae. The species "L. crockeri" is found in Oceania.
Etymology.
The specific name, "crockeri", is in honor of American railroad magnate Charles Templeton Crocker (1885-1948), who allowed the California Academy of Sciences to use his yacht, the "Zaca", for scientific expeditions.
Geographic range.
"L. crockeri" is endemic to a single
, outside the site area, which is threatening the bird population of the whole island by depleting the areas of the forest they need. As a result, in 2013, UNESCO added East Rennell to its List of World Heritage in Danger. Fifty species of bird have been recorded on the island, twenty-one of these being endemic. One reptile of note is Crocker's sea snake, an endemic species found in Lake Tegano and nowhere else in the world. There are 11 species of bat (one endemic),