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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Reptilia (class) » Squamata (order) » (family)

CAAB Code:	39 125021 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	39 - Reptilia Reptiles
Family:	39 125 (sea snakes) - show full list
Common Name:	elegant seasnake
Common Names List:	bar-bellied sea snake
Organism Type:	a seasnake
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	39 125909 Hydrophis spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [28] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Identifiers:

ABRS	2754 View at Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)
AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1630a8de-c865-496d-ad7c-460c1980cc1f Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland	V2020106
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344057 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-04 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Stanger, M. Clayton, M. Schodde, R. Wombey, J. Mason, I., 1998, CSIRO list of Australian vertebrates: a reference with conservation status. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC. 123pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Rasmussen, A.R., Sanders, K.L., Guinea, M.L., Amey, A.P., 2014. Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) - a review with an updated identification key., Zootaxa, Vol. 3869(4): 351-371. . dx.doi.org/10.11464/zootaxa.3869.4.1 doi:10.11464/zootaxa.3869.4.1

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