Hydrophis

Hydrophis
Annulated sea snake, H. cyanocinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Elapidae
Subfamily:Hydrophiinae
Genus:Hydrophis
Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
Species

35, See text

Hydrophis is a genus of sea snakes. They are typically found in Indo-Australian and Southeast Asian waters. Currently, around 36 species are recognized.[1]

Systematics and classification

There are more than 30 recognized species in the genus Hydrophis.[1]

Species Authority Subsp.* Common name Geographic range
H. atriceps Günther, 1864 0 black-headed sea snake
H. belcheri (Gray, 1849) 0 sea snake Queensland and New Territories, Australia
H. bituberculatus W. Peters, 1873 0 Peters' Sea Snake Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand)
H. brooki Günther, 1872 0
H. caerulescens (Shaw, 1802) 0 dwarf sea snake Queensland, Australia
H. cantoris Günther, 1864 0
H. coggeri (Kharin, 1984) 0 slender-necked sea snake, Cogger's sea snake[2] Western Australia
H. cyanocinctus Daudin, 1803 0 annulated sea snake, blue-banded sea snake
H. czeblukovi (Kharin, 1984) 0
H. donaldi[3] Ukuwela, K. Sanders
& B. Fry, 2012		 Northern Australia
H. elegans (Gray, 1842) 0 elegant sea snake
H. fasciatus (Schneider, 1799) 0
H. gracilis (Shaw, 1802) 0
H. inornatus (Gray, 1849) 0 plain sea snake Western Australia
H. kingii Boulenger, 1896 0
H. klossi Boulenger, 1912 0
H. lamberti M.A. Smith, 1917 0
H. lapemoides (Gray, 1849) 0
H. macdowelli Kharin, 1983 0 small-headed sea snake Western Australia
H. major (Shaw, 1802) 0
H. mamillaris (Daudin, 1803) 0
H. melanocephalus Gray, 1849 0 sea snake
H. melanosoma Günther, 1864 0 black-banded robust sea snake
H. nigrocinctus Daudin, 1803 0
H. obscurus Daudin, 1803 0
H. ornatus (Gray, 1842) 1 sea snake
H. pacificus Boulenger, 1896 0 large-headed sea snake
H. parviceps M.A. Smith, 1935 0
H. platurus Linnaeus, 1766 0 yellow-bellied sea snake
H. semperi Garman, 1881 0 Lake Taal, Philippines
H. sibauensis A. Rasmussen, Auliya
& W. Böhme, 2001		 0
H. spiralis (Shaw, 1802) 0 yellow sea snake
H. stricticollis Günther, 1864 0
H. torquatus Günther, 1864 2
H. vorisi Kharin, 1984 0 sea snake Torres Strait, Queensland
H. walli (Kharin, 1989) 0

[4] *) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hydrophis.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis coggeri, p. 56).
  3. ↑ "Spiny, Venomous New Sea Snake Discovered—"Something Special"". Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-19. (downloaded Feb. 18,2010.)

Further reading

  • Zug, George R.; Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (May 2001). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (Second ed.). Academic Press. p. 630. ISBN 0-12-782622-X.
  • Uetz, Peter. "Family Elapidae (cobras, coral snakes, and seasnakes etc.)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
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