Hydrophis bituberculatus

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Hydrophis bituberculatus
Scientific classification edit
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[1][2]

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[]

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

Further reading[]

  • 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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