Table 1 Chromophore usage in snakes
From: Visual adaptation of opsin genes to the aquatic environment in sea snakes
Family | Subfamily | Genus | Species | Chromophore usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colubridae | Colubrinae | Elaphe | climacophora | A1-derived |
| Â | Â | Dinodon | rufozonatum walli | A1-derived |
| Â | Â | Cyclophiops | herminae | A1-derived |
Elapidae | Laticaudinae | Laticauda | semifasciata | A1-derived |
| Â | Â | Laticauda | laticaudata | A1-derived |
| Â | Hydrophiinae | Hydrophis | melanocephalus | A1-derived |