Hydrophis brooki

Hydrophis brookii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. brookii
Binomial name
	Hydrophis brookii; Günther, 1872
Synonyms
	Hydrophis brookii; Günther, 1872; Hydrophis consobrinus; M.A. Smith, 1917; Hydrophis brookei [sic] ; — de Rooij, 1917; Hydrophis brooki [sic] ; — Pyron & Burbrink, 2013; Hydrophis brookii; — Wallach, K. Williams & Boundy, 2014;

Last updated November 09, 2021

Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native bodies of water in Southeast Asia.^[2]^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak.^[4]

Geographic range

H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand.^[2] It is also found in a freshwater lake in Thailand.^[1]

Description

Males of H. brookii may attain a total length of 103.5 cm (40.7 in), which includes a tail 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long. Females are slightly smaller, and may attain a total length of 96.5 cm (38.0 in), with a tail 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long.^[5]

Diet

H. brookii predominately preys upon eels.^[1]

Reproduction

H. brookii is viviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Rasmussen A, Sanders K, Lobo A (2010). "Hydrophis brookii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176709A7287652.en. Downloaded on 08 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Species Hydrophis brookii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
↑ "Hydrophis brooki ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis brookii, p. 39).
↑ Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. ("Hydrophis brookei [sic]", pp. 465-466).