Hydrophis curtus

Hydrophis curtus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: Hydrophis curtus

Name

Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802)

References

• Peng C, Ren JL, Deng C, Jiang D, Wang J, Qu J, Chang J, Yan C, Jiang K, Murphy RW, Wu DD, Li JT. The Genome of Shaw's Sea Snake (Hydrophis curtus) Reveals Secondary Adaptation to Its Marine Environment. Mol Biol Evol. 2020 Jun 1;37(6):1744–1760. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa043. PMID 32077944.
• Mark O’Shea: Giftschlangen – Alle Arten der Welt in ihren Lebensräumen. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10619-5, S. 146.
• Guido Westhoff, Bryan G. Fry, Horst Bleckmann, Sea snakes (Lapemis curtus) are sensitive to low-amplitude water motions, Zoology, Volume 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195–200, ISSN 0944-2006, DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.07.001

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Hydrophis curtus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 June 2021.
• Lukoschek, V., Guinea, M., Cogger, H., Rasmussen, A., Murphy, J., Lane, A., Sanders, K. Lobo, A., Gatus, J., Limpus, C., Milton, D., Courtney, T., Read, M., Fletcher, E., Marsh, D., White, M.-D., Heatwole, H., Alcala, A., Voris, H. & Karns, D. 2018. IUCN: Hydrophis curtus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2010 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176746A136263050. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T176746A136263050.en

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Kurzschwanz-Seeschlange
• English: Spine-bellied Sea Snake
• 日本語: トゲウミヘビ
• 中文: 平颏海蛇

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