Species under Hydrophis
n= 38
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Hydrophis atriceps
Günther, 1864
Black-headed seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis belcheri
Gray, 1849
Faint-banded seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis bituberculatus
Peters, 1872
Peter's sea snake Indo-West Pacific 112
Hydrophis brooki
Günther, 1872
Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis caerulescens
Shaw, 1802
Dwarf seasnake Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean 82
Hydrophis coggeri
Kharin, 1984
Cogger's sea snake Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific 137
Hydrophis curtus
(Shaw, 1802)
Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake Indo-West Pacific 128
Hydrophis cyanocinctus
Daudin, 1803
Annulated sea snake Indo-West Pacific 190
Hydrophis czeblukovi
Kharin, 1984
Fine-spined seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis donaldi
Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry, 2012
Western Central Pacific
Hydrophis elegans
Gray, 1842
Elegant seasnake Indo-West Pacific 210
Hydrophis fasciatus
Schneider, 1799
Striped sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis gracilis
(Shaw, 1802)
Slender seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis inornatus
Gray, 1849
Plain seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis klossi
Boulenger, 1912
Kloss' sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis laboutei
Rasmussen & Ineich, 2000
Laboute's sea snake Northwest Pacific and the Mediterranean
Hydrophis lamberti
Smith, 1917
Lambert's sea snake Western Central Pacific 125
Hydrophis lapemoides
Gray, 1849
Persian Gulf sea snake Indo-West Pacific 129.6
Hydrophis macdowelli
Kharin, 1983
McDowell's sea snake Western Central Pacific 90
Hydrophis mamillaris
Daudin, 1803
Bombay sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis melanocephalus
Gray, 1849
Slender-necked seasnake Indo-West Pacific 150
Hydrophis melanosoma
Günther, 1864
Black-banded seasnake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis obscurus
Daudin, 1803
Russel's sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis ornatus
Gray, 1842
Ornate reef seasnake Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific 163
Hydrophis pachyceros
Fischer, 1855
Western Pacific
Hydrophis pacificus
Boulenger, 1896
Pacific seasnake Indo-West Pacific 185
Hydrophis parviceps
Smith, 1935
Western Pacific
Hydrophis peronii
(Duméril, 1853)
Spiny-headed seasnake Northeast Atlantic to Western Pacific 130
Hydrophis platura
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Pelagic sea snake Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea 113
Hydrophis schistosus
Daudin, 1803
Beaked sea snake Indo-West Pacific 140
Hydrophis semperi
Garman, 1881
Lake Taal snake Western Pacific
Hydrophis sibauensis
Rasmussen, Auliya & Böhme, 2001
Kalimantan sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis spiralis
Shaw, 1802
Yellow sea snake Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific 1745
Hydrophis stokesii
(Gray, 1846)
Stokes' sea snake Indo-Pacific 160
Hydrophis stricticollis
Günther, 1864
Collared sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis torquatus
Günther, 1864
West coast black-headed sea snake Indo-West Pacific
Hydrophis viperinus
(Schmidt, 1852)
Viperine sea snake Indo-West Pacific 78
Hydrophis vorisi
Kharin, 1984
Estuarine seasnake Indo-Pacific
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