Hydrophis ornatus

Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.^[4]

Hydrophis ornatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. ornatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842
Synonyms
Aturia ornata Gray, 1842 Hydrophis ornata - Günther, 1860 Distira ornata - Boulenger, 1890 Disteira ornata - Taylor, 1922 Hydrophis ornatus - M.A. Smith, 1943 Chitulia ornata - Kharin, 2005[2][3]

Distribution

This snake-species is found to occur in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Coasts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong and Shandong), India (from Gujarat, through Kerala and Tamil Nadu to West Bengal), Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra and other Island coasts), Iran, Iraq, Japan (incl. Ryukyu Is.), Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam.^[5] It is also reported from Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales),^[6] Brunei, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu^[7] Kiribati^[8] and Iraq.^[9]

References

1. Rasmussen, A.; Lukoschek, V.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176737A7293481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176737A7293481.en. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
2. 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 ornata, pp. 290–291.)
3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
5. Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
6. "Hydrophis ornatus".
7. "WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources".
8. "Country List - Hydrophis ornatus".
9. Rasmussen, A. (15 February 2009). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hydrophis ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Further reading

• 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.
• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. The Zoological Miscellany pp. 59–68.
• 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.

External links

• Hydrophis ornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database