Species profile—Hydrophis donaldi (rough scaled sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Hydrophis donaldi (rough scaled sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Hydrophis donaldi Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry, 2012
- Common name
- rough scaled sea snake
- Type reference
- Ukuwela, K.D.B., Sanders, K.L. & Fry, B.G. (2012). Hydrophis donaldi (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae), a highly distinctive new species of sea snake from northern Australia. Zootaxa 3201, 45-57.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 34167
- Alternate name(s)
- Donald's sea snake
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- 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=34167.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
