Species profile—Hydrophis macdowelli (small-headed sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Hydrophis macdowelli (small-headed sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983
- Common name
- small-headed sea snake
- Type reference
- Kharin, V.E. 1983. A new species of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from the North Australian Shelf. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62(11): 1751-1753.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 334
- Synonym(s)
- Hydrophis mcdowelli
- Alternate name(s)
- small-headed seasnake
McDowell's seasnake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=334.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
