Hydrophis inornatus

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Plain Seasnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae[1]
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: H. inornatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis inornatus
(Gray, 1849)

Plain Seasnake Hydrophis inornatus is a species of sea snake.[1]

[edit] Distribution

South Chinese Sea (Philippines: Panay etc.), Sri Lanka Australia (North Territory,West Australia?)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hydrophis (TSN 700227). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 7 September 2007.

[edit] Bibliography

  • McDowell, S. B. 1972 The genera of sea-snakes of the Hydrophis group (Serpentes: Elapidae). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond 32: 189-247
  • 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
  • Rasmussen, A.R. 1994 A cladistic analysis of Hydrophis subgenus Chitulia (McDowell, 1972) (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). Zoological Journal 111 (2): 161
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