| Estuarine sea snake | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. vorisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis vorisi Kharin, 1984 | |
The estuarine sea snake (Hydrophis vorisi), also known commonly as Kharin's sea snake, is a species of marine venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters around the northern tip of Australia in the Torres Strait.
Etymology
The specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of H. vorisi is the neritic zone.
Reproduction
H. vorisi is viviparous.
References
- ^ Rasmussen, A.; Guinea, M. (2010). "Hydrophis vorisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176768A7300648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176768A7300648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis vorisi, p. 276).
- Species Hydrophis vorisi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Kharin V (1984). "". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63 (4): 630–632. (Hydrophis vorisi, new species). (in Russian).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hydrophis vorisi | |
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