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]