Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, Darwin's sea snake, and the Port Darwin sea snake.[2] The species is native to Australia and New Guinea.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Hydrelaps Boulenger, 1896 |
| Species: | H. darwiniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger, 1896
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Etymology
editThe specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of H. darwiniensis are mangrove mudflats and seawater to a depth of 10 m (33 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editH. darwiniensis is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Guinea, M.; Lukoschek, V.; Sanders, K.; Milton, D.; Lobo, A. (2010). "Hydrelaps darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176766A7300214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176766A7300214.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hydrelaps darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2016.
- ^ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrelaps darwiniensis, p. 65).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Hydrelaps, new genus, p. 270; H. darwiniensis, new species, p. 270 + Plate XII, figure 1, five views).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Rasmussen AR, Sanders KL, Guinea ML, Amey AP (2014). "Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key". Zootaxa 3869 (4): 351–371.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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