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title: "Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake"
description: "Emydocephalus annulatus — Répteis. Emydocephalus annulatus, commonly known as the turtleheaded sea snake or egg-eating sea snake, is a species of sea snake that can be found in waters of Oceania near Australia and some Pacific Islands such as the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/eastern-turtle-headed-sea-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake

> Emydocephalus annulatus — Répteis. Emydocephalus annulatus, commonly known as the turtleheaded sea snake or egg-eating sea snake, is a  species of sea snake that can be found in waters of Oceania near Australia and some Pacific Islands such as the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

- Scientific name: *Emydocephalus annulatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1981
- Wikidata: [Q2715108](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2715108)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35256](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35256)

## Names

- en: Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake
- de: Eierfressende Seeschlange
- es: Serpiente Marina Cabeza de Tortuga
- fr: Emydocéphale Annelé
- pl: Żółwiogłowiec pierścieniowy

## Countries with the most observations

NC (1900), PH (40), AU (8)

## Summary

Emydocephalus annulatus, commonly known as the turtleheaded sea snake or egg-eating sea snake, is a  species of sea snake that can be found in waters of Oceania near Australia and some Pacific Islands such as the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. The geographic range is sporadic, for example, with populations distributed near the eastern and western coasts of Australia in the Great Barrier Reef and the Timor Sea reefs, respectively. They do not, however, occur in the Gulf of Carpentaria along the north coast.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emydocephalus_annulatus

## Photo

![Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-turtle-headed-sea-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emydocephalus_annulatus_-_Ben_Keen_-_579657898.jpeg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-turtle-headed-sea-snake?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).