Hydrophis ornatus

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Hydrophis ornatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. ornatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis ornatus
(Gray, 1842
Synonyms

Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. [4]

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Distribution

This snake-species is found to occur in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Coasts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong and Shandong), India (from Gujarat, through Kerala and Tamil Nadu to West Bengal), Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra and other Island coasts), Iran, Iraq, Japan (incl. Ryukyu Is.), Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam. [5] It is also reported from Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales), [6] Brunei, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu [7] Kiribati [8] and Iraq. [9]

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References

  1. Rasmussen, A.; Lukoschek, V.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T176737A7293481. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176737A7293481.en . Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiv + 727 pp., Plates I.-XXV. (Distira ornata, pp. 290–291.)
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  5. Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  6. "Hydrophis ornatus".
  7. "WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources".
  8. "Country List - Hydrophis ornatus".
  9. Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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