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Black-headed sea snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: H. atriceps
Binomial name
Hydrophis atriceps
Günther, 1864

The black-headed sea snake (Hydrophis atriceps) is a marine snake native to waters around Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and northern Australia, and New Guinea.

References

  1. Rasmussen, A.; Lobo, A.; Sanders, K.; Guinea, M. (2010). "Hydrophis atriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176735A7293104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176735A7293104.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Hydrophis atriceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Hydrophis atriceps


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