Aipysurus pooleorum – Teresa Diehl

This beautiful Shark Bay Sea Snake (common name) is only found in Shark Bay, Western Australia, which means that it has a very small geographic range. Little is known about this species and this makes it difficult to assess the conservation status of this species. Blanche D’Anastasi is studying this species, and other species, also only found in Western Australia, to find out the conservation status of this species. She will use the DNA of the snakes to find out how far sea snakes travel to breed and will look at diet to find out how specialised sea snakes are in their feeding choices.