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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7960422
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scientific name	Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)
status

Treatment

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.