The estuarine sea snake (Hydrophis vorisi), also known commonly as Kharin's sea snake, is a species of marine venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters around the northern tip of Australia in the Torres Strait.[1]
| Estuarine sea snake | |
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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: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. vorisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis vorisi Kharin, 1984
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Etymology
editThe specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940).[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of H. vorisi is the neritic zone.[1]
Reproduction
editH. vorisi is viviparous.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rasmussen, A.; Guinea, M. (2010). "Hydrophis vorisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176768A7300648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176768A7300648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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. (Hydrophis vorisi, p. 276).
- ^ Species Hydrophis vorisi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Kharin V (1984). "[Sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae), on taxonomic status of New Guinea H. obscurus ]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63 (4): 630–632. (Hydrophis vorisi, new species). (in Russian).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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