Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 274

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7960422

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE8B-B967-FF6B-478C7BE40D97

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Plazi

scientific name

Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)
status

 

Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802) View in CoL — Erroneous.

Dwarf Sea Snake

Singapore records.

Hydrophis caerulescens View in CoL —Sworder, 1923: 68.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 149.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 133.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— Das, 2010: 319.— Das, 2012a: 94.— Das, 2018: 111.

Polyodontognathus caerulescens —Wallach et al., 2014: 574.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 279.

Remarks. Sworder (1923) suspected the presence of H. caerulescens in Singapore because it occurs in waters off Peninsular Malaysia. Subsequent publications likely reference Sworder (1923). Specimen FMNH 213180 was brought to the Kangkar Fish Market in 1980, but no exact locality was specified (refer to “A note on sea snakes in Singapore ” above). Thus, the possibility exists that it was collected outside of Singapore’s waters.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. FMNH.

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Hydrophis

Loc

Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Hydrophis caerulescens

Das, I. 2018: 111
Das, I. 2012: 94
Das, I. 2010: 319
Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 2002: 148
Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 133
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 105
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 149
1992
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