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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 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) |
| CAAB category: | 39 - Reptilia Reptiles |
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| 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. |
Identifiers: |
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| 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 |