Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 275

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968297

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)
status

 

Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802) View in CoL — Erroneous.

Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake

Singapore records.

Hydrus gracilis View in CoL — Cantor 1847c: 1057.

Hydrophis gracilis View in CoL —Hanitsch, 1897: 20.— Hanitsch, 1898: 10.— Flower, 1899: 687.— Boulenger, 1912: 191.— Hanitsch, 1912b: 17.— de Rooij, 1917: 228.—Sworder, 1923: 70.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 134.— Das, 2010: 320.— Das, 2012a: 95.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 271.— Das, 2018: 113.

Microcephalophis gracilis View in CoL —K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 92, 149.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 106.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 149.—Wallach et al., 2014: 439.— Leviton et al., 2018: 468 View Cited Treatment .

Microcephalophis ” —P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 302.

Remarks. Cantor (1847c) mentioned that H. gracilis is rare in Singapore based on catches in fishing nets, and Hanitsch (1897) included H. gracilis in his checklist of specimens deposited at the the Raffles Museum, but Smith (1920) clarified that the specimen is H. fasciatus . Since there are inconsistencies regarding the localities of Cantor’s specimens and no additional specimens were taken from Singapore, we refrain from including H. gracilis into Singapore’s herpetofauna checklist. However, LKCNHM has two specimens from the South China Sea.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Hydrophis

Loc

Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Microcephalophis gracilis

Leviton, A. E. & Siler, C. D. & Weinell, J. L. & Brown, R. M. 2018: 468
Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 2002: 149
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 106
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 92
1992
Loc

Hydrophis gracilis

Das, I. 2018: 113
Das, I. 2012: 95
Das, I. 2010: 320
Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 134
de Rooij, N. 1917: 228
Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 191
Hanitsch, R. 1912: 17
Flower, S. S. 1899: 687
Hanitsch, R. 1898: 10
1898
Loc

Hydrus gracilis

Cantor, T. E. 1847: 1057
1847
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