WoRMS taxon details
Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842)
344069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344069)
accepted
Species
Aturia ornatus Gray, 1842 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Hydrophis ornatus maresinensis (Mittleman, 1947)
- Subspecies Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus (Gray, 1849)
marine
(of Aturia ornatus Gray, 1842) Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 2: 59-68. [details]
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344069 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aturia ornatus Gray, 1842) Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 2: 59-68. [details]
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]
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
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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
