Hydrelaps

Hydrelaps (commonly known as the Black-ringed sea snake, Point Darwin sea snake, and Black-ringed mangrove snake) is a genus of seasnake in the family Elapidae that contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis.[2]

Hydrelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrelaps
Species:
H. darwiniensis
Binomial name
Hydrelaps darwiniensis
Boulenger, 1896

It is found in Australia and New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. "Hydrelaps darwiniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. Hydrelaps darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2016.
  3. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.


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