Hydrophis [Leioselasma] melanocephalus Gray, 1849, 1801
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724711 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C-8434-FF87-FFDC-FDCDFCFCFBD4 |
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Hydrophis [Leioselasma] melanocephalus Gray, 1849 |
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Hydrophis [Leioselasma] melanocephalus Gray, 1849 View in CoL
Black-headed Sea Snake; Slender-necked Sea Snake
Hydrophis sublaevis var. melanocephalus Gray, 1849:53 View in CoL .
Hydrophis melanocephalus, Smith, 1926:64 View in CoL .— McCarthy, 1993c:237.— David and Ineich, 1999:114.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:508.
Leioselasma melanocephala, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:359 .
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Indian Ocean ? (questioned by Smith [1926:65]); “‘China Sea or even... the Ryukyus’ via lectotype selection” (Wallack et al. [2014:359]). Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.22 (formerly BMNH 47.3.4.68 ; fide Smith [1926:65]).
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Philippines (fide Rasmussen [2011]; David and Ineich [1999]) but without locality details.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Ids.).
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].— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1.
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Hydrophis [Leioselasma] melanocephalus Gray, 1849
Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018 |
Hydrophis melanocephalus
LEVITON, ALAN & M. BROWN & AND CAMERON & D. SILER 2014: 508 |
MCCARTHY, COLIN 1993: 237 |
SMITH, MALCOLM 1926: 64 |
Hydrophis sublaevis var. melanocephalus
GRAY, JOHN 1849: 53 |