Hydrophis caerulescens

Hydrophis caerulescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. caerulescens
Binomial name
Hydrophis caerulescens
(Shaw, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Hydrus cærulescens
    Shaw, 1802
  • Hydrophis cærulescens
    - Gray, 1842
  • Polyodontognathus cærulescens - Wall, 1921
  • Aturia caerulescens
    - Welch, 1994
  • Polyodontognathus caerulescens - Kharin, 2005[1]

Hydrophis caerulescens, commonly known as the dwarf sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.[2]

  1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.