Persian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides is a species of venomous Elapidae (Hydrophiinae-sea snake).
Distribution
Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf coasts off Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia (Penang island), Singapore, Thailand.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Hydrophis
Species
Hydrophis lapemoides
Common names
English:
Persian Gulf sea snake
Arabian Gulf sea snake
Thai: งูแสมรังอ่าวเปอร์เซีย
Synonyms
Chitulia lapemoides, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
Chitulia lapemoides, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Chitulia (Chitulia) lapemoides, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2012)
Chitulia (Chitulia) stewartii, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2012)
Hydrophis lapemoides, K. L. Sanders et al. (2012)
Chitulia lapemoides, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin & Irina B. Dotsenko (2012)
Chitulia lapemoides, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2005)
Aturia lapemoides, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Hydrophis lapemoides, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Hydrophis lapemoides, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1926)
Lioselasma sic lapemidoides sic, Frank Wall (1921)
Distira lapemoides, Frank Wall (1909)
Distira lapemoides, Franz Werner (1895)
Hydrophis dayanus, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1872)
Hydrophis stewartii, John Anderson (1872)
Hydrophis holdsworthii, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
Hydrophis lapemoides, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
