Hydrophis klossi
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Kloss' Sea Snake Hydrophis klossi is a species of sea snake.
(1877–1949), director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore from 1923 to 1932.
Etymology and taxonomic history
The snake is named after Cecil Boden KlossCecil Boden Kloss
Cecil Boden Kloss was an English zoologist. He was an expert on the mammals and birds of Southeast Asia.In the early 1900s Kloss accompanied the American naturalist William Louis Abbott in exploring the Andaman and Nicobar islands. From 1908 he worked under Herbert Christopher Robinson at the...
(1877–1949), director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore from 1923 to 1932.