Hydrophis melanocephalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis melanocephalus
- Scientific Name
- Hydrophis melanocephalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hydrophis melanocephalus
Hydrophis melanocephalus, commonly known as the slender-necked sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
...Hydrophis melanocephalus in languages:
- Chinese
- 黑頭海蛇
- English
- Slender-necked Seasnake
- English
- Slender-necked Sea Snake
- Japanese
- クロガシラウミヘビ
- Korean
- 먹대가리바다뱀
- Russian
- Черноголовый ластохвост
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hydrophis annandalei
- Hydrophis anomalus
- Hydrophis atriceps
- Hydrophis belcheri
- Hydrophis bituberculatus
- Hydrophis brookii
- Hydrophis caerulescens
- Hydrophis cantoris
- Hydrophis coggeri
- Hydrophis curtus
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus
- Hydrophis czeblukovi
- Hydrophis donaldi
- Hydrophis elegans
- Hydrophis fasciatus
- Hydrophis gracilis
- Hydrophis hardwickii
- Hydrophis hendersoni
- Hydrophis inornatus
- Hydrophis jerdonii
- Hydrophis kingii
- Hydrophis klossi
- Hydrophis laboutei
- Hydrophis lamberti
- Hydrophis lapemoides
- Hydrophis macdowelli
- Hydrophis major
- Hydrophis mamillaris
- Hydrophis melanocephalus
- Hydrophis melanosoma
- Hydrophis nigrocinctus
- Hydrophis obscurus
- Hydrophis ocellatus
- Hydrophis ornatus
- Hydrophis pachycercos
- Hydrophis pacificus
- Hydrophis parviceps
- Hydrophis peronii
- Hydrophis platurus
- Hydrophis schistosus
- Hydrophis semperi
- Hydrophis sibauensis
- Hydrophis spiralis
- Hydrophis stokesii
- Hydrophis stricticollis
- Hydrophis torquatus
- Hydrophis viperinus
- Hydrophis vorisi
- Hydrophis zweifeli