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Sea snake vision evolved to regain colour

sea snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus

An international team of scientists examining the genetic history of sea snakes have found that the species has enhanced their colour vision in response to living in brighter and more colourful marine environments.

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New study unlocks mystery origin of iconic Aussie snakes

Lowlands Copperhead

New research led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has found the first tangible evidence that the ancestors of some of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s most venomous snakes arrived by sea rather than by land – the dispersal route of most other ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles.

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