Species Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802)

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Species Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802)

Spine-bellied Sea Snake

Hydrus curtus Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. 3 Pt. 1. Amphibia. London : Kearsley 312 pp. [562].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH III.2.1.a, provenance unknown.
Hydrophis pelamidoides Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [521, pl. 18 figs 16-17].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Hydrophis propinquus Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1872. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas. Milan : Jan & Sordelli 39-42 pp.
Hydrophis pelamidoides unimaculatus Peters, W. 1876. Über die von S.M.S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 528-535 [1877 on title page].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Lapemis curtus (Shaw, 1802). —
Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic synopsis of the water snakes, or the family Hydridae. pp. 59-68 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [60]
Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802). —
Rasmussen, A.R., Sanders, K.L., Guinea, M.L. & Amey, A.P. 2014. Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key. Zootaxa 3869(4): 351-371 [352]

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].