Hydrophis bituberculatus

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Hydrophis bituberculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. bituberculatus
Binomial name
Hydrophis bituberculatus
Peters, 1872
Synonyms
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872
  • Distira bituberculata
    - Boulenger, 1890
  • Lioselasma bituberculata
    - Wall, 1921
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus
    - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Aturia bituberculata
    - Welch, 1994
  • Hydrophis bituberculatus
    - Rasmussen, 1992
  • Chitulia bituberculata
    - Kharin, 2005 [2] [3]

Hydrophis bituberculatus, commonly known as Peters's sea snake, is a species of venomous elapid. [4] It is found in the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand).

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References

  1. Rasmussen, A.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis bituberculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T176728A7291867. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176728A7291867.en . Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  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 bituberculata, p. 296.)
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 7 September 2007.

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