WoRMS taxon details
Serpentes
196112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196112)
Linnaeus, 1758
accepted
Suborder
- Infraorder Alethinophidia
- Family Boidae Gray, 1825
- Family Homalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. 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. Serpentes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196112 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (PeRMS)
Quiñones, J.; Burneo, K. G.; Barragan, C. (2014). Rediscovery of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) in Máncora, northern Perú. <em>Check List.</em> 10(6), 1563-1564., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/10.6.1563 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | slangen | [details] |
| English | snakes | [details] |
| German | Schlangen | [details] |
| Italian | serpenti | [details] |
| Japanese | ヘビ亜目 | [details] |
| Lithuanian | gyvatės | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Φίδια | [details] |
| Norwegian | slanger | [details] |
| Polish | węże | [details] |
| Russian | змеи | [details] |
| Slovenian | kače | [details] |
| Swedish | ormar | [details] |
| Turkish | yılanlar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Змії | [details] |
