Hydrelaps

Hydrelaps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrelaps Boulenger, 1896
Species:	H. darwiniensis
Binomial name
Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger, 1896

Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, Darwin's sea snake, and the Port Darwin sea snake. ^[2] The species is native to Australia and New Guinea. ^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. darwiniensis are mangrove mudflats and seawater to a depth of 10 m (33 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

H. darwiniensis is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Sanders, K.; Milton, D.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrelaps darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T176766A7300214. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176766A7300214.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Hydrelaps darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 December 2016.
3. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 338. ISBN   978-1-4822-0847-4.
4. 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. (Hydrelaps darwiniensis, p. 65).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Hydrelaps, new genus, p. 270; H. darwiniensis, new species, p. 270 + Plate XII, figure 1, five views).
• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Rasmussen AR, Sanders KL, Guinea ML, Amey AP (2014). "Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key". Zootaxa3869 (4): 351–371.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.