Hydrophis platurus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: Hydrophis platurus
Scientific Name: Hydrophis platurus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Yellow-bellied sea snake

The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is an extremely venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.

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Hydrophis platurus in languages:

Arabic: ثعبان البحر أصفر البطن
Arabic: ثعبان البحر المفتوح
Chinese: 黑背海蛇
Chinese: 長吻海蛇
Czech: vodnář dvoubarvý
English: Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
English: Pelagic Sea Snake
English: Yellowbelly Sea Snake
French: Serpent marin noir et jaune
French: Pélamide bicolore
French: Hydrophide bicolore
German: Plättchen-Seeschlange
German: Plättchenseeschlange
Italian: Serpente di mare dal ventre giallo
Italian: Serpente di mare giallonero
Japanese: セグロウミヘビ
Korean: 바다뱀
Portuguese: Serpente-marinha-pelágica
Russian: Двуцветная пеламида
Thai: งูชายธงหลังดำ

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Parent Taxon

Hydrophis

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Child Taxa

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