Spine-bellied sea snake

Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. hardwickii
Binomial name
Hydrophis hardwickii
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lapemis hardwickii
    Gray, 1834
  • Hypsirhina hardwickii
    — Hardwicke & Gray, 1835
  • Hydrophis hardwickii
    — Günther, 1864
  • Enhydris hardwickii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Lapemis hardwickii
    — Stejneger, 1907
  • Hydrophis hardwickii
    — Sanders et al., 2012

The spine-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis hardwickii), also commonly known as Hardwicke's sea snake[2] and Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Species Hydrophis hardwickii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference EDR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).