Species of Thailand
Brook's sea snake
Hydrophis brookii, Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1872
(In Thai: งูแสมรังท้องเหลือง, ngu saem rang thong leuang)
Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake.
Etymology
The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke.
Geographic range
H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis brookii
Common names
- English: Brook's sea snake
- Thai: งูแสมรังท้องเหลือง, ngu saem rang thong leuang
Synonyms
- Hydrophis brookii, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Hydrophis brookii, Arne Redsted Rasmussen et al. (2011)
- Hydrophis (Hydrophis) brookii, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2004)
- Hydrophis brookei, John C. Murphy & Merel J. Cox & Harold K. Voris (1999)
- Hydrophis brookii, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
- Hydrophis brookei, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
- Hydrophis brookei, Nelly de Rooij (1917)
- Hydrophis consobrinus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1917)
- Hydrophis brookii, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
- Hydrophis brookei, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Krabi Coast
- Nakhon Si Thammarat Coast
- Narathiwat Coast
- Pattani Coast
- Phuket Coast
- Satun Coast
- Songkhla Coast
- Surat Thani Coast
- Trang Coast