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Species Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802)

Spine-bellied Sea Snake

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Timor Sea; tropical, east Indo-west Pacific (Indonesia, New Caledonia)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Perennially active, viviparous.

 

Notes

Non-Australian synonyms:

Lapemis hardwickii Gray, J.E. (1835). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke. London Vol. 2 pp. 19-20 pl. 87 [pl. 87].
Type data: holotype BMNH 1946.1.18.39.
Type locality: India.

Lapemis loreatus Gray, J.E. (1843). Description of two new species of reptiles from the collection made during the voyages of H.M.S. Sulphur. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 46 [46].
Type data: holotype BMNH 1946.1.17.48.
Type locality: ? Borneo, see Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.

Hydrophis (Pelamis) pelamidoides annulata Fischer, J.G. (1856). Die Familie der Seeschlangen. Abh. Geb. Naturw. Hamburg 3: 1-78 [67, pl. 3].
Type data: syntypes ZMH 419-420 (see Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.).
Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Hydrophis problematicus Jan, G. (1859). Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)11: 148-157 [150] [as H. problematicus].
Type data: syntypes MNHP (not found), MSNM (not found).
Type locality: Manila, Philippines.

Hydrophis abbreviatus Jan, G. (1863). Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan : A. Lombardi 143 pp. [also Jan, G. (1859). Prodrome d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents venimeux.. Reprinted from: Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)10 and (2)11-12, 1858 and 1859. Paris : Bouchard-Huzard 32 pp. (109, pl. D); as H. abbreviatus].
Type data: holotype MCZ 20647.
Type locality: Manila, Philippines.

Hydrophis brevis Jan, G. (1863). Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan : A. Lombardi 143 pp. [109] [as H. brevis].
Type data: holotype MSNM not found.
Type locality: Manila, Philippines.

Hydrophis fayeriana Anderson, J. (1871). On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 149-211.

Hydrophis pelamoides Hilgendorf, F. (1876). Die Japanischen Schlangen. Mitt. Dt. Ges. Nat.-U. Volkerk. Ostasiens 1: 29-34 [31] [? lapsus for Hydrophis pelamidoides Schlegel, 1837].

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. [254]; Iskandar, D.T. & Colijn, E. (2001). Checklist of southeast Asian andf New Guinean reptiles. Part I. Serpentes.. Bandung, Indonesia : Biodiversity Conservation Project (Indonesian Institute of sciences-Japan International Cooperation Agency - The Ministry of Forestry), The Gibbon Foundation and Institut of Technology pp. 1-195 [139].

 

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 26-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011 08-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)