Hydrophis inornatus

Hydrophis inornatus

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 inornatus

Name

• Hydrophis inornatus (Gray, 1849)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.27 (formerly BMNH III.7.1.a), adult ♀, presented by E. Belcher between 1843–1846.

Type locality: “Indian Ocean” (in error).

Combinations

• Chitulia inornata Gray, 1849: 56 [original combination]
• Hydrophis inornatus — Günther, 1864: 376 [subsequent combination]
• Distira inornata — Boulenger, 1890: 411 [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 inornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2019.
• Rasmussen, A. 2010. IUCN: Hydrophis inornatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176732A7292599. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176732A7292599.en

Vernacular names

English: Plain Sea Snake