Hydrophis bituberculatus

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iPeters' Sea Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: Hydrophis Species: H. bituberculatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872

Peters' Sea Snake Hydrophis bituberculatus is a species of sea snake. Found in the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand).

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Peters, W.C.H. 1872 Hr. W. Peters las über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. Akad. Berlin 1872: 855-856
• Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1873 Über den Hydrus fasciatus Schneider und einige andere Seeschlangen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1872 (December): 848-861
• Rasmussen,A.R. 1992 Rediscovery and redescription of Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters 1872 (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae). Herpetologica 48 (1): 85-97