Combinations

• Anguis platura Linnaeus, 1766: 391 [original combination]
• Pelamis platuros [sic] — Daudin, 1803: 361 [name combination]
• Hydrophis platurus — Sanders et al., 2013: 584 [name combination, by implication]

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchmough, R.A., Patterson, G.K., Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009. New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in: {{Chapter 24 in ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8}}

• Bessesen, B.L. & Galbreath, G.J. 2017. A new subspecies of sea snake, Hydrophis platurus xanthos, from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. ZooKeys 686: 109–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.686.12682. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Hydrophis platurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 July 2017.
• IUCN: Pelamis platura (Linnaeus, 1766)  (Least Concern)