Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864

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 : 277

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scientific name	Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864
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Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864 View in CoL — Erroneous.

West Coast Black-headed Sea Snake

Singapore records.

Hydrus nigrocinctus — Cantor, 1847c: 1050, 1057, 1072.

Hydrophis torquatus View in CoL — Flower, 1896: 892.—Sworder, 1923: 69.—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.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— Das, 2010: 322.

Hydrophis torquatus torquatus — Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 137.

Hydrophis diadema —Sworder, 1923: 69.

Chitulia torquata —Chan-ard et al., 2015: 277.

Remarks. Cantor (1847c) first listed Singapore as a locality for H. torquatus , and said it is rare based on catches in fishing nets ( Cantor 1847c). No additional specimens or reported observations for H. torquatus exist. Subsequent publications likely refer to Cantor (1847c). Since there are inconsistencies regarding the localities of Cantor’s specimens, we refrain from including H. torquatus into Singapore’s herpetofauna checklist.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Family Homalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845 (2 species)

Genus Myrrophis Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012 (2 species)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Elapidae
Genus	Hydrophis