Yellow-bellied sea snake

Yellow-bellied sea snake
	Yellow-bellied sea snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. platurus
Binomial name
	Hydrophis platurus; (Linnaeus, 1766)
	Yellow-bellied sea snake range
Synonyms
	List Anguis platura Linnaeus, 1766 ; Hydrus bicolor Schneider, 1799 ; Hydrophis platura – Latreille, 1801 ; Pelamis platuros – Daudin, 1803 ; Pelamis bicolor – Daudin, 1803 ; Hydrophis pelamis Schlegel, 1837 ; Pelamis ornata Gray, 1842 ; Pelamis platurus – Stoliczka, 1872 ; Hydrus platurus – Boulenger, 1890 ; Pelamydrus platurus – Schmidt & Davis, 1941 ; Pelamis platura – Böhme, 2003;

The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.

^ Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K. Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T176738A115883818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T176738A115883818.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K.; Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176738A115883818.|volume= / |date= mismatch
^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ)... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. pp. 266–268.
^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K. Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T176738A115883818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T176738A115883818.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[IUCN-2] Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Cogger, H.; Rasmussen, A.; Murphy, J.; Lane, A.; Sanders, K.; Lobo, A.; Gatus, J.; Limpus, C.; Milton, D.; Courtney, T.; Read, M.; Fletcher, E.; Marsh, D.; White, M.-D.; Heatwole, H.; Alcala, A.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. (2017). "Hydrophis platurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176738A115883818.|volume= / |date= mismatch

[3] Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ)... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. pp. 266–268.

[4] The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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Yellow-bellied sea snake

Yellow-bellied sea snake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hydrophis
Species:	H. platurus
Binomial name
*Hydrophis platurus* (Linnaeus, 1766)

Yellow-bellied sea snake range^[2]
Synonyms
List Anguis platura Linnaeus, 1766 Hydrus bicolor Schneider, 1799 Hydrophis platura – Latreille, 1801 Pelamis platuros – Daudin, 1803 Pelamis bicolor – Daudin, 1803 Hydrophis pelamis Schlegel, 1837 Pelamis ornata Gray, 1842 Pelamis platurus – Stoliczka, 1872 Hydrus platurus – Boulenger, 1890 Pelamydrus platurus – Schmidt & Davis, 1941 Pelamis platura – Böhme, 2003^[3]^[4]