Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724735

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C-8430-FF83-FFDC-FF77FCFDFCFE

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scientific name

Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)
status

 

Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802) View in CoL

Common Small-headed Sea Snake

“Kadell nagam” Russel, 1801:15, pl. 13.

Hydrus gracilis Shaw, 1802:560 .

Microcephalophis gracilis, Smith, 1926:121 , fig. 34. — David and Ineich, 1999:110.— Rasmussen, Elmberg, Gravlund, and Ineich, 2011:6.— Sanders, Lee, Mumpuni, Bertozzi, and Rasmussen, 2013:584.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:431.

Hydrophis gracilis, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:506 , fig. 19C.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Type locality unknown. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .17.37 (formerly BMNH III.4.1.a; fide Smith [1926:123]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 26A [p. 137]).— Luzon (Manila Bay).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Widely distributed from Persian/Arabian Gulf (coastal Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Oman) east to the Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Thailand, Malaya and Singapore, South China Sea, and Indonesia, to New Guinea (Gulf of Guinea). (See Wallach et al., 2014:431, for details.)

REMARKS.— We have retained this species in the genus Microcephalophis consistent with the treatments of Hydrophis and related nominal genera by Sanders et al. (2013) and Pyron et al. (2013) (see also footnote p. 60 herein).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Microcephalophis

Loc

Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018
2018
Loc

Hydrophis gracilis

Leviton, Brown, and Siler 2014: 506
2014
Loc

Microcephalophis gracilis

, Smith 1926: 121
1926
Loc

Hydrus gracilis

Shaw 1802: 560
1802
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