Snakes of
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Family
Elapidae  [part 2: marine species]

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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Snakes (Serpentes)
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Species
References
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)
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Aipysurus apraefrontalis

Short-nosed Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Schroeder, Guinea & Rasmussen 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Aipysurus duboisi

Reef Shallows Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
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Aipysurus foliosquama

Leaf-scaled Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Schroeder, Guinea & Rasmussen 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Aipysurus fuscus

Dusky Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Aipysurus laevis

Olive Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Lukoschek, Heatwole, Grech, Burns & Marsh 2007 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Rooij 1917 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Aipysurus mosaicus

Mosaic Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 [as A. eydouxii] Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as A. eydouxii] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as A. eydouxii] Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as A. eydouxii] Wilson 2005 [as A. eydouxii]
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Aipysurus pooleorum

Shark Bay Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Aipysurus tenuis

Brown-lined Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Emydocephalus (Turtle-headed Sea Snakes)
 
Emydocephalus annulatus

Annulated Turtle-headed Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Lukoschek, Heatwole, Grech, Burns & Marsh 2007 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson 2005
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Emydocephalus orarius

Western Australian Turtle-headed Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 [as annulatus] Cogger 2014 [as annulatus] Nankivell, Goiran, Hourston, Shine, Rasmussen, Thomson & Sanders 2020 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as annulatus]
Genus Ephalophis (Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake)
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Ephalophis greyae

Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis belcheri

Western Faint-banded Sea Snake

Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014
 
Hydrophis caerulescens

Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis coggeri

Pacific Yellow-banded Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis curtus

Short Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Magnetic Island Nature Care Inc. (http://www.minca.org/reptiles.html), viewed 30th June 2021 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis czeblukovi

Fine-spined Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Hydrophis donaldi

Rough-scaled Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry 2012
 
Hydrophis elegans

Bar-bellied Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis kingii

Spectacled Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis macdowelli

Small-headed Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Hobson & Thrash 2016 O'Shea 1996 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis major

Olive-headed Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
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Hydrophis ocellatus

Spotted Sea Snake

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 [as H. ornatus] Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as H. ornatus] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as H. ornatus] Ineich & Laboute 2002 [as H. ornatus] Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 [as H. ornatus] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as H. ornatus] Wilson 2005 [as H. ornatus]
 
Hydrophis pacificus

Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis peronii

Horned Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Guinea 1992 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Ineich 1988 Kube & Ling 2012 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis stokesii

Large-headed Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Hydrophis zweifeli

Sepik Beaked Sea Snake

Anonymous 2018 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Wilson 2005 [as Enhydrina schistosa]
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

Bosch 1985 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Haas 1950 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Stejneger 1907 Wilson & Swan 2010 Zhao & Adler 1993
Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)
 
Microcephalophis gracilis

Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
Genus Parahydrophis (Arafura Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Parahydrophis mertoni

Arafura Smooth Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005