Taxon Profile: Hydrophis melanocephalus

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
1108
Common Name
a sea snake - not recorded from Australia
Authority
Gray,1849
Naming Status
Synonym
Status
Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Hydrophiidae
Genus
Hydrophis
Taxon

Profile

Source of taxon data
CAVS
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
Comments
CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94; Cogger (1994) and more recent works no longer recognise this as an Australian species.