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Subspecies Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, Yellow-bellied Seasnake

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, recorded as far south as TAS but more commonly to southern WA and NSW; throughout the Indo-Pacific


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Notes

Non-Australian synonyms:

Hydrus bicolor Schneider, J.G. (1799). Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 1 xvi 266 pp. [242].
Type data: type status unknown.
Type locality: Tahitian seas.

Pelamis ornata Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic synopsis of the water snakes, or the family Hydridae. pp. 59-68 in Gray, J.E. (ed.) Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [60].
Type data: holotype BMNH 1946.1.17.51.
Type locality: Borneo (as India), see Smith, M.A. (1926). Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp.

Pelamis variegata Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. (1854). Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) pp. 781-1536 [1337].
Type data: holotype MNHP 3976.
Type locality: Macassar, Celebes Ils, Indonesia.

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. [255].


Hydrophis bicolor maculata Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. (1872). Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas. Milan : Jan & Sordelli pp. 39-42 [livr. 40, pl. 3 fig. 1].
Type data: syntypes (probable) MNHP 7710, MNHP 3975.
Type locality: Indian Ocean.

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. [255].

 

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)
07-Feb-2024 SQUAMATA 02-May-2024 MODIFIED
04-Feb-2023 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 04-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 21-Sep-2018 ADDED