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Genus of snakes

Hydrelaps
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrelaps
Boulenger, 1896
Species: H. darwiniensis
Binomial name
Hydrelaps darwiniensis
Boulenger, 1896

Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, Darwin's sea snake, and the Port Darwin sea snake. The species is native to Australia and New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. darwiniensis are mangrove mudflats and seawater to a depth of 10 m (33 ft).

Reproduction

H. darwiniensis is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Sanders, K.; Milton, D.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrelaps darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176766A7300214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176766A7300214.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hydrelaps darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2016.
  3. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrelaps darwiniensis, p. 65).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Hydrelaps, new genus, p. 270; H. darwiniensis, new species, p. 270 + Plate XII, figure 1, five views).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Rasmussen AR, Sanders KL, Guinea ML, Amey AP (2014). "Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key". Zootaxa 3869 (4): 351–371.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


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