Genus Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804
- Aipysurus Lacépède, B.G.E. 1804. Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4: 184-211 pls 55-58 [210].
Type species:
Aipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804 by monotypy. - Stephanohydra Tschudi, J.J. von 1837. Neues Genus von Wasserschlangen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 331-335 [335].
Type species:
Stephanohydra fusca Tschudi, 1837 by monotypy. - Aspisurus Gray, J.E. 1841. A catalogue of the species of Reptiles and Amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia. Appendix E. pp. 422–449 in Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, under the authority of Her Majesty's Government. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2. [433] [non Aspisurus Lacépède, 1802; lapsus pro Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804].
- Hypotropis Gray, J.E. 1846. A new genus of sea-snake from Port Essington. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18: 284 [284].
Type species:
Hypotropis jukesii Gray, 1846 by monotypy. - Aepyurus Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [9] [emend. pro Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804].
- Tomogaster Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees of the British Museum xv 125 pp. [59].
Type species:
Tomogaster eydouxii Gray, 1849 by monotypy. - Smithohydrophis Kharin, V.E. 1981. A review of sea-snakes of the genus Aipysurus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 60(2): 257-264 [as subgenus of Aipysurus Lacépède, 1804].
Type species:
Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926 by original designation. - Oceanius Wells, R.W. 2007. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the Class Reptilia in Australia. The sea snakes of Australia. An introduction to the members of the Families Hydrophiidae and Laticaudidae in Australia, with a new familial and generic arrangement. Australian Biodiversity Record 8: 1-123.
Type species:
Aipsurus tenuis Lönnberg and Andersson, 1913 by original designation. - Pelagophis Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei Rettili e dei Batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 323-450 [413 pl. 5].
Type species:
Pelagophis lubricus Peters & Doria, 1878 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith, M.A. 1926. Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp. [13]
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [242]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ELAPIDAE: Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849) — Sanders, K.L., Rasmussen, A.R., Elmberg, J., Mumpuni, Guinea, M., Blias,P., Lee, M.S.Y. & Fry, B.G. 2012. Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849). Zootaxa 3431: 1-18 (determined that Australian populations are a distinct, newly described species, A. mosaicus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Oriental Region—waters of South China Sea, Indonesia, Australian Region—waters of New Guinea, islands of western Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | SQUAMATA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Feb-2023 | ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 | 06-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Feb-2022 | ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Feb-2022 | Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 03-Oct-2018 | ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SERPENTES | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | ELAPIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |