Hydrophis nigrocinctus

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

Hydrophis nigrocinctus
Scientific classification
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: India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Malaysia. Type locality: Sundarbans, Bengal

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References

  • 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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