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Species Hydrophis atriceps Günther, 1864

Banded Sea Snake, Black-headed Sea Snake

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, Timor Sea.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, continental shelf, inshore, nektonic, piscivore, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Perennially active, viviparous.

 

Notes

Non-Australian synonyms:

Hydrophis alcocki Wall, F. (1906). A descriptive list of the sea-snakes in the Indian Museum. Mem. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1: 277-299 [288, pl. 15 fig. 3].
Type data: holotype IM 14470 (see Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.).
Type locality: Puri, Orissa, India.

Disteira cincinnatii van Denburgh, J. & Thompson, J.C. (1908). Description of a new species of sea snake from the Philippine Islands, with a note on the palatine teeth in the Proteroglypha. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 41-48 [42, pl. 1].
Type data: holotype CAS 15016.
Type locality: 1 mi[les] NE of Cavite, Manila Bay, Philippines.

Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.; Cogger, H.G. (1983). in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and Reptiles. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. [249].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 31-Oct-2023 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 19-Mar-2013 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011 08-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)