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Hydrophis platurus (Yellowbelly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hydrophis platurus, commonly known as the yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake or pelagic sea snake, is a species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world, excluding the Atlantic Ocean.It was the only member of the genus Pelamis but recent molecular evidence suggests that it is more closely related to the species of the genus Hydrophis.
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Infraspecies

Hydrophis platurus platurus
Hydrophis platurus xanthos

Attributes

Litter Size [2]  3
Maximum Longevity [2]  2 years
Venomous [3]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  384 grams
Birth Weight [2]  8 grams

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Palawan Biosphere Reserve 2843689 Philippines  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hydrophitrema pintanensis <Unverified Name>[4]
Paraheterotyphlum australe[4]
Torticaecum nipponicum[4]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0