WoRMS taxon details
Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758)
344087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344087)
accepted
Species
Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine
(of Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344087 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒロオウミヘビ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laticauda laticaudata)
To GenBank (83681 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (83681 nucleotides; 123 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To The Reptile Database
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laticauda laticaudata)
To GenBank (83681 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Coluber laticaudatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (83681 nucleotides; 123 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To The Reptile Database
To ITIS
Unreviewed
