Hydrophis melanocephalus Gray, 1849
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Gray, J. E. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Squamata
- family
- Elapidae
- genus
- Hydrophis
- species
- Hydrophis melanocephalus
Name
- Synonyms
- Disteira melanocephala (Gray, 1849)
- Disteira orientalis Stejneger, 1901
- Hydrophis spiralis melanocephalus Gray, 1849
- Hydrophis sublaevis melanocephalus Gray, 1849
- Hydrophis sublaevis var. melanocephala Gray
- Leioselasma melanocephala (Gray, 1849)
- Microcephalophis melanocephalus Stejneger, 1898
- Homonyms
- Hydrophis melanocephalus Gray, 1849
- Common names
- Slender-necked Seasnake in English
- Slender-necked Seasnake in English
- 黑头海蛇 in Chinese
- Slender-necked Sea Snake in English
- クロガシラウミヘビ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich, 1999: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition. Dumerilia, vol. 3. 3-499.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).