Hydrophis spiralis (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 : 197

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.7968012

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF5E-B8B2-FF6B-478C7B990BC4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw, 1802)
status

 

Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw, 1802) View in CoL — Native; Indeterminate.

Hydrus Spiralis Shaw, 1802b: 564–565 , pl. 125. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .6.94 (formerly BM III.6.10.c), by original designation. Type locality: None stated/traced; later designated as “Indian Ocean” by Ģnther (1864: 366).

Yellow Sea Snake

( Figure 22H View FIGURE 22 )

Singapore records.

Distira robusta —Sclater, 1891a: 65.

Distira brugmansii —Wall, 1906: 263.

Hydrophis brugmansii —Sworder, 1923: 68.

Hydrophis spiralis View in CoL — Smith, 1926: 48.— Smith, 1930: 75.— de Haas, 1950: 594.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 54.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 136.— Das, 2010: 322.— Das, 2012a: 97.— Das, 2018: 116.

Leioselasma spiralis —K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 149.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— Wallach et al., 2014: 368.

Remarks. Similar to H. schistosus , H. spiralis is only known from Singapore from a single specimen, which was collected by Davison and is deposited at ZSI (Sclater 1891a). Voris and Jeffries collected two specimens from around Horsburgh Lighthouse (on Pedra Branca), but these records are excluded (refer to “A note on sea snakes in Singapore ” above). Certainly, the occurrence of H. spiralis in Singapore needs to be substantiated, but given the lack of research on sea snakes, we include H. spiralis as native.

Occurrence. Known from one specimen predating 1891. Rare.

Singapore conservation status. Not Evaluated.

Conservation priority. Highest.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2010].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Singapore localities. No published localities.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Hydrophis

Loc

Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw, 1802)

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

Hydrophis spiralis

Das, I. 2018: 116
Das, I. 2012: 97
Das, I. 2010: 322
Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 136
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 105
de Haas, C. P. J. 1950: 594
1950
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF