Hydrophis

Hydrophis

Annulated sea snake, H. cyanocinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophiinae
Genus:	Hydrophis Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801

Hydrophis is a genus of sea snakes. They are typically found in Indoaustralian and Southeast Asian waters. Currently, more than 30 species are recognized.^[1]

Systematics and classification

There are more than 30 recognized species in the genus Hydrophis.^[1]

Species	Authority	Subsp.*	Common name	Geographic range
H. atriceps	Günther, 1864	0	Black-headed Sea Snake
H. belcheri	(Gray, 1849)	0	Sea Snake	Queensland and New Terriitories, Australia
H. bituberculatus	Peters, 1873	0
H. brooki	Günther, 1872	0
H. caerulescens	(Shaw, 1802)	0	Dwarf Sea Snake	Queensland, Australia
H. cantoris	Günther, 1864	0
H. coggeri	(Kharin, 1984)	0	Slender-necked Sea Snake	Western Australia
H. cyanocinctus	Daudin, 1803	0
H. czeblukovi	(Kharin, 1984)	0
H. donaldi^[2]	(2012)			Northern Australia
H. elegans	(Gray, 1842)	0	Elegant Sea Snake
H. fasciatus	(Schneider, 1799)	0
H. gracilis	(Shaw, 1802)	0
H. inornatus	(Gray, 1849)	0	Plain Sea Snake	Western Australia
H. kingii	Boulenger, 1896	0
H. klossi	Boulenger, 1912	0
H. lamberti	M.A. Smith, 1917	0
H. lapemoides	(Gray, 1849)	0
H. macdowelli	Kharin, 1983	0	Small-headed Sea Snake	Western Australia
H. major	(Shaw, 1802)	0
H. mamillaris	(Daudin, 1803)	0
H. melanocephalus	Gray, 1849	0	Sea Snake
H. melanosoma	Günther, 1864	0	Black-banded Robust Sea Snake
H. nigrocinctus	Daudin, 1803	0
H. obscurus	Daudin, 1803	0
H. ornatus	(Gray, 1842)	1	Sea Snake
H. pacificus	Boulenger, 1896	0	Large-headed Sea Snake
H. parviceps	M.A. Smith, 1935	0
H. semperi	Garman, 1881	0		Lake Taal, Philippines
H. sibauensis	Rasmussen et al., 2001	0
H. spiralis	(Shaw, 1802)	0
H. stricticollis	Günther, 1864	0
H. torquatus	Günther, 1864	2
H. vorisi	Kharin, 1984	0	Sea Snake	Torres Strait, Queensland
H. walli	(Kharin, 1989)	0