Hydrophis platurus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
hai-DROW-fis — plaw-TUR-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Bessesen and Galbreath (2017, ZooKeys 686: 109–123) described a localized subspecies of H. platurus in Costa Rica that differs from the nominate race in size, coloration, locality, and habits. The nominate race occurs in the U.S.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Bicolor Sea Snake (Hydrus platurus: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Pelamydrus platurus: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1766
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Linné, Carl von (=Linneaus). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Volume I.] Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, Holmiae, Editio duodecima, reformata (12th Edition). 1-532pp.
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1980
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Pickwell, George V. and Wendy A. Culotta. Pelamis, P. platurus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (255):1-4
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1983
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Pickwell, George V., Robert L. Bezy, and John E. Fitch. Northern occurrences of the sea snake, Pelamis platurus, in the eastern Pacific, with a record of predation on the species. California Fish and Game 69(3):172-177
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1999
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Nardi, Irma, Renata Batistoni, Silvia Marracci, and Benedetto Lanza. Repetitive DNA components of the large Hydromantes genome: Phylogenetic and molecular aspects. Herpetologica 55(2):131-139
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2013
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Sanders, Kate L., Michael S.Y. Lee, Mumpuni, Terry Bertozzi, and Arne R. Rasmussen. Multilocus phylogeny and recent rapid radiation of the viviparous sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66:575-591
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2017
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Bessesen, Brooke L. and Gary J. Galbreath. A new subspecies of sea snake, Hydrophis platurus xanthos, from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. ZooKeys 686(2017):109-123
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