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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
