Hydrophis brooki
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. brookii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis brookii Günther, 1872 | |
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Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to bodies of water in Southeast Asia.[2][3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak.[4]
Geographic range
[edit]H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand.[2] It is also found in a freshwater lake in Thailand.[1]
Description
[edit]Males of H. brookii may attain a total length of 103.5 cm (40.7 in), which includes a tail 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long. Females are slightly smaller, and may attain a total length of 96.5 cm (38.0 in), with a tail 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long.[5]
Diet
[edit]Reproduction
[edit]H. brookii is viviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Rasmussen, A.; Sanders, K.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrophis brookii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T176709A7287652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176709A7287652.en. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Species Hydrophis brookii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ "Hydrophis brooki ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis brookii, p. 39).
- ↑ Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. ("Hydrophis brookei [sic]", pp. 465-466).
Further reading
[edit]- 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". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 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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