Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842)
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Distribution
editThis snake-species is found to occur in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Coasts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong and Shandong), India (from Gujarat, through Kerala and Tamil Nadu to West Bengal), Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra and other Island coasts), Iran, Iraq, Japan (incl. Ryukyu Is.), Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam.[5] It is also reported from Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales),[6] Brunei, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu[7] Kiribati[8] and Iraq.[9]
References
edit- ^ Rasmussen, A.; Lukoschek, V.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176737A7293481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176737A7293481.en. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ 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. xiv 727 pp., Plates I.-XXV. (Distira ornata, pp. 290–291.)
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
- ^ Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ "Hydrophis ornatus".
- ^ "WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources".
- ^ "Country List - Hydrophis ornatus".
- ^ Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Further reading
edit- Bussarawitt, S.; Rasmussen, A.R. & Andersen, M. 1989. A preliminary study on sea snakes (Hydrophiidae) from Phuket Harbor, Phuket Island, Thailand. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc., Bangkok 37 (2): 209–225.
- Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. The Zoological Miscellany pp. 59–68.
- Mittleman, M.B. 1947. Geographic variation in the sea snake, Hydrophis ornatus (Gray) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 60: 1–8.
- Rasmussen, A.R. 1989. An analysis of Hydrophis ornatus (Gray), H. lamberti Smith, and H. inornatus (Gray) (Hydrophiidae, Serpentes) based on samples from various localities, with remarks on feeding and breeding biology of H. ornatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 10: 397–417.
External links
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