Hydrophis bituberculatus

Hydrophis bituberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. bituberculatus
Binomial name
	Hydrophis bituberculatus; Peters, 1872
Synonyms
	Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872; Distira bituberculata ; - Boulenger, 1890; Lioselasma bituberculata ; - Wall, 1921; Hydrophis bituberculatus ; - M.A. Smith, 1943; Aturia bituberculata ; - Welch, 1994; Hydrophis bituberculatus ; - Rasmussen, 1992; Chitulia bituberculata ; - Kharin, 2005;

Hydrophis bituberculatus, commonly known as Peters' Sea Snake, is a species of venomous elapid.^[3] It is found in the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand).

References[]

^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiv + 727 pp., Plates I. - XXV. (Distira bituberculata, p. 296.)
^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

Peters, W.C.H. 1872. Über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. Akad. Berlin 1872: 855–856.
Peters, W.C.H. 1873. Über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1872 (December): 848–861.
Rasmussen, A.R. 1992. Rediscovery and redescription of Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters 1872 (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae). Herpetologica 48 (1): 85–97.

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