Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 ), 1801
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Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 ) |
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Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852) View in CoL
Grey Sea Snake
Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852:79 View in CoL , pl. 3.
Thalassophina viperina, Smith, 1926:33 , fig. 16.— Rasmussen, 1997:23.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:702.
Praescutata viperina, David and Ineich, 1999:177 .— Stuebing and Inger, 1999:220.
Hydrophis [Praescutata] viperinus, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:512 View in CoL .
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia. Holotype: NMH (also as ZMH) 404 (fide Smith [1926:35]).
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Philippines (not yet reported from coastal Philippine waters but present in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Widely distributed from Persian/Arabian Gulf to eastern Asia, including off the coasts of northern Borneo (Sarawak), Thailand, Vietnam, China, as far north as Taiwan (for details see David and Ineich [1999:177]; Stuebing and Inger [1999:220]; Wallach et al. [2014:702]), as well as eastward to northern Australia and into the western Pacific ( Zug [2013:231]).
REMARKS.— We have tentatively assigned this species to Hydrophis consistent with the treatments of Hydrophis and related nominal genera by Sanders et al. (2013) and Pyron et al. (2013).
CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Hydrophis viperinus has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life.
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Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 )
Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018 |
Hydrophis [Praescutata] viperinus, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:512
LEVITON, ALAN & M. BROWN & AND CAMERON & D. SILER 2014: 512 |
Thalassophina viperina
SMITH, MALCOLM 1926: 33 |
Thalassophis viperina
SCHMIDT, PHILIPP 1852: 79 |