Hydrophis peronii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis peronii
- Scientific Name
- Hydrophis peronii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hydrophis peronii
Hydrophis peronii, commonly known as the horned sea snake, Peron's sea snake, and the spiny-headed seasnake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to the western tropical Pacific Ocean. It is the only sea snake with spines on the head. It is sometimes placed in its own genus Acalyptophis.
...Hydrophis peronii in languages:
- Chinese
- 角海蛇
- English
- Peron's Sea Snake
- English
- Spiny-headed seasnake
- French
- Serpent à tête de dragon
- French
- Acalypte de Péron
- French
- Serpent marin de Péron
- French
- Hydrophide de Péron
- German
- Hornruderschlange
- Thai
- งูทากลายท้องขาว
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