Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii (A.H.A. Duméril, 1853 ) (A. H. A. Dumeril, 1853)

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 : 465

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724715

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C-8437-FF84-FFDC-FF77FCFDFCBC

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scientific name

Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii (A.H.A. Duméril, 1853 )
status

 

Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii (A.H.A. Duméril, 1853) View in CoL

Spiny-headed Sea Snake or Horned Sea Snake

Acalyptus peronii A.H.A. Duméril, 1853:522 View in CoL .

Acalyptophis peronii, Boulenger, 1896:269 View in CoL .— Smith, 1926:102, figs. 28–29 View FIGURE .— David and Ineich, 1999:55.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:2.

Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:509 View in CoL , figs. 20C, 42.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— New Holland (but questioned by Smith, 1926:103). Holotype: MNHN 7177 About MNHN .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Philippines (unknown, but it has been reported from the coast of the Malaysian Peninsula and Vietnam in the South China Sea).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Gulf of Siam, including coastal Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, South China Sea north to Taiwan, and east to New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia.

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

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

SuperFamily

Colubroidea

Family

Elapidae

SubFamily

Hydrophiinae

Loc

Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii (A.H.A. Duméril, 1853 )

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

Hydrophis [Acalyptophis] peronii, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:509

LEVITON, ALAN & M. BROWN & AND CAMERON & D. SILER 2014: 509
2014
Loc

Acalyptophis peronii

SMITH, MALCOLM 1926: 102
BOULENGER, GEORGE 1896: 269
1896
Loc

Acalyptus peronii A.H.A. Duméril, 1853:522

DUMERIL, AUGUST 1853: 522
1853
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