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Ornate Reef seasnake Hydrophis ornatus is a species of sea snake. Distribution: Indian Ocean (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia) South Chinese Sea Coasts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shandong (China) Persian Gulf (Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran,) through Indian Ocean East to seas surrounding Indoaustralian Archipelago Philippines, Gulf of Thailand Japan (Ryūkyū) Australia (New South Wales, North Territory, Tasmania, Queensland, West Australia), New Caledonia/Loyalty Islands, Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000]
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- 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
- 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
