Hydrophis brooki
| Hydrophis brookii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. brookii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis brookii Günther, 1872 | |
Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke.[3]
Geographic range
H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand.[1]
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Hydrophis brookii, pp. 282–283).
- Günther A. 1872. On the Reptiles and Amphibians of Borneo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 586-600 + Plates XXXV-XL. (Hydrophis brookii, new species, p. 597, Figure 5).
- Kharin VE. 1983. [ A new species of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from the North Australian Shelf ]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62 (11): 1751-1753. (in Russian).
- Kharin VE. 2004. [ A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) ]. Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447-454. (in Russian).
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