Hydrophis [Chitulia] lamberti Smith, 1917, 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 : 463-464

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724709
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C-8435-FF87-FFDC-F993FCFDFD85
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hydrophis [Chitulia] lamberti Smith, 1917
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Hydrophis [Chitulia] lamberti Smith, 1917 View in CoL

Lambert’s Sea Snake

Hydrophis lamberti Smith, 1917:340 View in CoL .— Rasmussen, 1989:410.— David and Ineich, 1999:112.— Rasmussen et al., 2011:6.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:507.

Hydrophis ornatus View in CoL , (part) Smith, 1926:81.— Dunson and Minton, 1978:281.— Minton, 1978:151.

Chitulia lamberti, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:163 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Bight of Bangkok , Thailand. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.20 (formerly BMNH 1921.2.11.13 ’ fide Smith [1926:83]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 18A [p. 129]).— Gigantes Ids. (Prov.: Iloilo), Luzon (Manila Bay).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam.

REMARKS.— We have tentatively assigned this species to Hydrophis consistent with the treatments of Hydrophis View in CoL and related nominal genera by Sanders et al. (2013:583) and Pyron et al. (2013).

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