Species of Thailand
Black-headed sea snake
Hydrophis atriceps
Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864
In Thai: งูแสมรังหัวดำ, ngu saem rang hua damm
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis atriceps
Common names
- English: Black-headed sea snake
- French: Hydrophide Fascie a tete noire
- Thai: งูแสมรังหัวดำ, ngu saem rang hua damm
Synonyms
- Hydrophis atriceps, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Hydrophis atriceps, Arne Redsted Rasmussen et al. (2011)
- Hydrophis (Hydrophis) atriceps, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2004)
- Hydrophis atriceps, Harold Cogger (2000)
- Hydrophis atriceps, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
- Hydrophis atriceps, Harold Cogger (1983)
- Disteira cincinnatii, John Van Denburgh & Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
- Hydrophis alcocki, Frank Wall (1906)
- Hydrophis fasciatus atriceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
- Hydrophis atriceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Ko Pha Ngan
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