Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 ), 1801

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 : 467

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724731

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C-8431-FF82-FFDC-FC58FEB4F927

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scientific name

Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 )
status

 

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.

ZMH

USA, Illinois, Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History (also used by Finnish Museum of Natural History)

ZMH

Zoologisches Museum Hamburg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Loc

Hydrophis [Praescutata; Thalassophina] viperinus ( Schmidt, 1852 )

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

Hydrophis [Praescutata] viperinus, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:512

LEVITON, ALAN & M. BROWN & AND CAMERON & D. SILER 2014: 512
2014
Loc

Thalassophina viperina

SMITH, MALCOLM 1926: 33
1926
Loc

Thalassophis viperina

SCHMIDT, PHILIPP 1852: 79
1852
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