Robust sea snake
Hydrophis melanosoma
Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864
In Thai: งูแสมรังดำ, ngu saem rang damm
The black-banded sea snake (Hydrophis melanosoma) is a marine snake native to waters around Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis melanosoma
Common names
- English:
- Black-banded sea snake
- Robust sea snake
- Black sea snake
- Thai: งูแสมรังดำ, ngu saem rang damm
Synonyms
- Mediohydrophis melanosoma, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Hydrophis (Mediohydrophis) melanosoma, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2004)
- Hydrophis melanosoma, Harold Cogger (2000)
- Hydrophis melanosoma, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
- Hydrophis melanosoma, Harold Cogger (1983)
- Distira wrayi, George Albert Boulenger (1900)
- Hydrophis floweri, George Albert Boulenger (1898)
- Distira melanosoma, George Albert Boulenger (1896)
- Hydrophis melanosoma, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Chanthaburi Coast
- Krabi Coast
- Nakhon Si Thammarat Coast
- Narathiwat Coast
- Pattani Coast
- Phuket Coast
- Satun Coast
- Songkhla Coast
- Surat Thani Coast
- Trang Coast
- Trat Coast
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