Hydrophis nigrocinctus

Hydrophis nigrocinctus is a species of marine venomous snakes in the family Elapidae (Hydrophiinae-sea snake).

Hydrophis nigrocinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. nigrocinctus
Binomial name
Hydrophis nigrocinctus
Daudin, 1803
Synonyms

Disteira nigrocincta (Daudin, 1803)
Disteira walli Kharin, 1989

Habitat

This species is found in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka and Thailand. Type locality: Sundarbans, Bengal.

References

  1. Rasmussen, A.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis nigrocinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176722A7290670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176722A7290670.en. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  • Heatwole, H. 1999 Sea snakes, 2nd ed. Krieger, Malabar, 148 pp.
  • Rasmussen,A.R. 1997 Systematics of sea snakes: a critical review. In: Thorpe,R.S., Wüster,W. & Malhotra,A. (eds.) Venomous snakes - ecology, evolution and snakebite. Clarendon Press (Oxford)/Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 70: 15-30


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