Species profile—Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Hydrophis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Hydrophis platurus (Linneaus, 1766)
- Common name
- yellow-bellied sea snake
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio duodecima, reformata. Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii).: 1-532.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 344
- Synonym(s)
- Pelamis platurus
Pelamis platura - Alternate name(s)
- pelagic sea snake
- 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=344.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
