Hydrophis

Hydrophis
Annulated sea snake, H. cyanocinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
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 35 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 Terriitories, 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	Western Australia
H. cyanocinctus	Daudin, 1803	0
H. czeblukovi	(Kharin, 1984)	0
H. donaldi[2]	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. 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

^[3] *) 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

• Sea snake
• Snakebite

References

1. "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
2. "Spiny, Venomous New Sea Snake Discovered—"Something Special"". Retrieved March 6, 2012.
3. http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/marine/marine.htm (downloaded Feb. 18,2010.)

Further reading

• Zug, George R.; Laurie J. Vitt; Janalee P. Caldwell (May 2001). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (Second ed.). Academic Press. p. 630 p. ISBN 0-12-782622-X.
• Uetz, Peter (2007-08-24). "Family Elapidae (cobras, coral snakes, and seasnakes etc.)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

External links

• Hydrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2007.