WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843

Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843
AphiaID: 413301

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Serpentes (Suborder) > Alethinophidia (Infraorder) > Elapidae (Family)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Elapidae

Synonymised
taxa

Hydrophiidae Smith, 1926 (rank change)

Source

Not documented

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	sea snakes	[details]

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taxa
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Genus Acalyptophis Boulenger, 1896

» Species Acalyptophis peronii (Duméril, 1853)

Genus Aipysurus Lacepède, 1804

» Species Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926
» Species Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869
» Species Aipysurus eydouxi Gray, 1849
» Species Aipysurus foliosquama Smith, 1926
» Species Aipysurus fuscus Tschudi, 1837
» Species Aipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804

» Subspecies Aipysurus laevis pooleorum Smith, 1974

» Species Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012
» Species Aipysurus tenuis Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913
» Species Aipysurus pooleorum Smith, 1974 accepted as Aipysurus laevis pooleorum Smith, 1974

Genus Astrotia Fischer, 1856

» Species Astrotia stokesii (Gray, 1846)

Genus Chitulia

» Species Chitulia laboutei (Rasmussen & Ineich, 2000)
» Species Chitulia sibauensis (Rasmussen, Auliya & Böhme, 2001)

Genus Demansia

» Species Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007
» Species Demansia rimicola Scanlon, 2007
» Species Demansia shinei Shea, 2007

Genus Disteira Lacepède, 1804

» Species Disteira kingii (Boulenger, 1896)
» Species Disteira major (Shaw, 1802)
» Species Disteira nigrocincta (Daudin, 1803)
» Species Disteira walli Kharin, 1989

Genus Emydocephalus Krefft, 1869

» Species Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869
» Species Emydocephalus ijimae Stejneger, 1898

Genus Enhydrina Gray, 1849

» Species Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin, 1803)
» Species Enhydrina zweifeli Kharin, 1985

Genus Ephalophis Smith, 1931

» Species Ephalophis greyi Smith, 1931

Genus Hemiaspis Fitzinger, 1861

» Species Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)

Genus Hydrelaps Boulenger, 1896

» Species Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger, 1896

Genus Hydrophis Latreille, 1801

» Subspecies Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus (Gray, 1849)

Genus Kerilia Gray, 1849

» Species Kerilia jerdoni Gray, 1849

Genus Kolpophis Smith, 1926

» Species Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw, 1901)

Genus Lapemis Gray, 1835

» Species Lapemis curtus (Shaw, 1802)
» Species Lapemis hardwickii Gray, 1834

Genus Microcephalophis Lesson, 1832

» Species Microcephalophis cantoris Günther, 1864
» Species Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)

Genus Oxyuranus

» Species Oxyuranus temporalis Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2007

Genus Parahydrophis Burger & Natsuno, 1974

» Species Parahydrophis mertoni (Roux, 1910)

Genus Parapistocalamus Roux, 1934

» Species Parapistocalamus hedigeri Roux, 1934

Genus Pelamis Daudin, 1803

» Species Pelamis platura Linnaeus, 1766

Genus Polyodontognathus Wall, 1921

» Species Polyodontognathus caerulescens Shaw, 1802

Genus Praescutata Wall, 1921

» Species Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852)

Genus Pseudonaja

» Species Pseudonaja elliotti Hoser, 2003

Genus Smithsohydrophis Kharin, 1981

» Species Smithsohydrophis apraefrontalis (Smith, 1926) accepted as Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926
» Species Smithsohydrophis foliosquama (Smith, 1926) accepted as Aipysurus foliosquama Smith, 1926
» Species Smithsohydrophis laevis Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Aipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804

Genus Thalassophis Schmidt, 1852

» Species Thalassophis anomalus Schmidt, 1852

Genus Toxicocalamus

» Species Toxicocalamus mintoni Kraus, 2009
» Species Toxicocalamus pachysomus Kraus, 2009

Genus Tropidechis

» Species Tropidechis sadlieri Hoser, 2003

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413301

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2009-08-26 15:58:56Z	created	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-04-23 07:14:55Z	changed	Uetz, Peter

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Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Hydrophiinae. In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413301 on 2013-06-19

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