Species profile—Hydrophis stokesii (Stokes's sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Hydrophis stokesii (Stokes's sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Hydrophis stokesii (Gray, 1846)
- Common name
- Stokes's sea snake
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E. (1846). Descriptions of some new Australian reptiles. In J. L. Stokes (editor), Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. T. and W. Boone, London. Volume 1, pp. 498-504.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 347
- Synonym(s)
- Astrotia stokesii
- Alternate name(s)
- Stoke's 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=347.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
