Hydrophis belcheri

Hydrophis belcheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

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

Name

• Hydrophis belcheri (Gray, 1849)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.97 (formerly BMNH III.3.2.a & BMNH 1842.11.22.30), ♂, presented by E. Belcher between 1843–1846.

Type locality: “New Guinea”, possibly in error fide McCarthy & Warrell (1991: 163).

Combinations

• Aturia belcheri Gray, 1849: 46 [original combination]
• Hydrophis belcheri — Günther, 1864: 364 [subsequent combination]
• Distira belcheri — Boulenger, 1896: 296 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hydrophis belcheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2019.
• Rasmussen, A. & Sanders, K. 2010. IUCN: Hydrophis belcheri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176751A7297371. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176751A7297371.en

Vernacular names

English: Faint-banded Sea Snake