Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [marine species] Bibliography of the genus Ephalophis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [marine species] Genus Ephalophis Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake Dickschwanz-Seeschlange Tykhalet Havslange 1931 Ephalophis Smith (type species: Ephalophis greyi Smith 1931) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Ephalophis greyae Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake, Northwestern Mangrove Sea Snake, Mud Sea Snake, (Grey's Sea Snake) Dickschwanz-Seeschlange Tykhalet Havslange 1931 Ephalophis greyi Smith [incorrect original spelling] Ephalophis greyae Shea 1996 [justified emendation] Remarks: David & Ineich (1999) considered Shea's (1996) emendation of the spelling of the specific epithet to greyae as unjustified. Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).