| Yellow-bellied sea snake | |
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| Yellow-bellied sea snake | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. platurus
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| Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.
- ^ Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K. Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T176738A115883818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T176738A115883818.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K.; Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176738A115883818.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ)... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. pp. 266–268.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.