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Large-headed sea snake
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (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. pacificus
Binomial name
Hydrophis pacificus
(Boulenger, 1896)

The large-headed sea snake (Hydrophis pacificus) is sea snake in the family Elapidae native to waters off northern Australia.

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
Taxon identifiers
Hydrophis pacificus
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