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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)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

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Hydrophis ornatus

Range Map

Distribution map of Ornate reef sea snake, Hydrophis ornatus in Thailand
  • Bangkok Coast
  • Chonburi Coast
  • Narathiwat Coast
  • Phuket Coast
  • Ranong Coast
  • Satun Coast
  • Surat Thani Coast
Range map of Hydrophis ornatus in Thailand