Hydrophis bituberculatus

Hydrophis bituberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: H. bituberculatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis bituberculatus
Peters, 1872
Synonyms
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872
  • Distira bituberculata
    - Boulenger, 1890
  • Lioselasma bituberculata
    - Wall, 1921
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus
    - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Aturia bituberculata
    - Welch, 1994
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus
    - Rasmussen, 1992
  • Chitulia bituberculata
    - Kharin, 2005[1][2]

Hydrophis bituberculatus, commonly known as Peters' Sea Snake, is a species of venomous elapid.[3] It is found in the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand).

References

  1. ↑ 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 bituberculata, p. 296.)
  2. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

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