WoRMS taxon details
Hydrophis viperinus (Schmidt, 1852)
1377547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1377547)
accepted
Species
Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852) · unaccepted
Thalassophina viperina (Schmidt, 1852) · unaccepted
Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852 · unaccepted
marine
(of Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, P. (1852). Beiträge zur ferneren Kenntniss der Meerschlangen. <em>Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamburg.</em> 2 (2): 69-86. [details]
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Hydrophis viperinus (Schmidt, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1377547 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852) Schmidt, P. (1852). Beiträge zur ferneren Kenntniss der Meerschlangen. <em>Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamburg.</em> 2 (2): 69-86. [details]
basis of record Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
basis of record Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | viperine sea snake [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Thalassophina viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrophis viperinus)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thalassophina viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To The Reptile Database (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrophis viperinus)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Thalassophina viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To The Reptile Database (from synonym Praescutata viperina (Schmidt, 1852))
