Hydrophis ornatus

Hydrophis ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae[1]
Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: H. ornatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis ornatus
(Gray, 1842
Synonyms

Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  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.

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