Ornate reef sea snake (Hydrophis ornatus)

Species of Thailand

Ornate reef sea snake

Hydrophis ornatus

(John Edward Gray, 1842)

In Thai: งูแสมรังหางขาว

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

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. It is also reported from Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales), Brunei, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu Kiribati and Iraq.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: Hydrophis ornatus

Common names

English:
- Ornate feef sea snake
- Reef sea snake
Thai: งูแสมรังหางขาว

Subspecies

Hydrophis ornatus godeffroyi, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters, 1873
Hydrophis ornatus maresinensis, Myron Budd Mittleman, 1947
Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus, John Edward Gray, 1849
Hydrophis ornatus ornatus, John Edward Gray, 1842

Synonyms

Chitulia ornata, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
Chitulia ornata, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Chitulia (Chitulia) ocellata, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2012)
Hydrophis ornatus, K.L. Sanders et al. (2012)
Chitulia ornata, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin & Irina B. Dotsenko (2012)
Hydrophis ornata, Arne Redsted Rasmussen et al. (2011)
Hydrophis ornatus, S. Wilson & G. Swan (2010)
Hydrophis ornatus ornatus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Hydrophis ornatus maresianus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Hydrophis ornatus godeffroyi, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Hydrophis ornatus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Chitulia ornata ocellata, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2005)
Chitulia ornata, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2005)
Hydrophis ornatus maresinensis, Richard C Goris & Norio Maeda (2004)
Hydrophis ornatus, Harold Cogger (2000)
Hydrophis ocellatus, Harold Heatwole (1999)
Hydrophis ornatus, John C. Murphy & Merel J. Cox & Harold K. Voris (1999)
Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus, Mark O'Shea (1996)
Aturia ocellata, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Aturia ornata, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Hydrophis ornatus, Tamiya et al. (1983)
Hydrophis ornatus maresinensis, Myron Budd Mittleman (1947)
Hydrophis ornatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Hydrophis inornatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1926)
Disteira ornata, Edward Harrison Taylor (1922)
Hydrophis lamberti, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1917)
Distira mjobergi, Axel Johan Einar Lönnberg & Lars Gabriel Andersson (1913)
Disteira godeffroyi, Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
Distira andamanica, Nelson Annandale (1905)
Distira ornata, George Albert Boulenger (1896)
Distira godeffroyi, George Albert Boulenger (1896)
Distira ornata, George Albert Boulenger (1890)
Hydrophis ellioti, George Albert Boulenger (1887)
Hydrophis godeffroyi, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (1873)
Hydrophis ornatus godeffroyi, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (1873)
Hydrophis ornata, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Hydrophis ellioti, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Hydrophis laevis, Christian Frederik Lütken (1863)
Hydrophis ornata, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1860)
Hydrophis ocellata, John Edward Gray (1849)
Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus, John Edward Gray (1849)
Hydrophis ornatus ocellata, John Edward Gray (1849)
Hydrophis ornatus ornatus, John Edward Gray (1842)
Aturia ornata, John Edward Gray (1842)

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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

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