Hydrophis bituberculatus
Appearance
Hydrophis bituberculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Hydrophis |
Species: | H. bituberculatus
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Binomial name | |
Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872
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Synonyms | |
Hydrophis bituberculatus, commonly known as Peters's sea snake, is a species of venomous elapid.[4] It is found in the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand).
References
[edit]- ^ Rasmussen, A.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis bituberculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176728A7291867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176728A7291867.en. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ 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 bituberculata, p. 296.)
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
Further reading
[edit]- Peters, W.C.H. 1872. Über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. Akad. Berlin 1872: 855–856.
- Peters, W.C.H. 1873. Über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1872 (December): 848–861.
- Rasmussen, A.R. 1992. Rediscovery and redescription of Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters 1872 (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae). Herpetologica 48 (1): 85–97.