Hydrelaps
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| genus = Hydrelaps
| parent_authority = Boulenger, 1896
| species = darwiniensis
| authority = Boulenger, 1896
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Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, Darwin's sea snake, and the Port Darwin sea snake.{{NRDB species|genus=Hydrelaps|species=darwiniensis|accessdate=13 December 2016}} The species is native to Australia and New Guinea.{{Cite book|last1=Wallach|first1=Van|author-link1=Van Wallach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsySAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA338|title=Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species|last2=Williams|first2=Kenneth L.|author2-link=Kenneth L. Williams|last3=Boundy|first3=Jeff|author3-link=species:Jeff Boundy|date=2014-04-22|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-0847-4|page=338|language=en}}
Etymology
The specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Hydrelaps darwiniensis, p. 65).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of H. darwiniensis are mangrove mudflats and seawater to a depth of {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
Reproduction
H. darwiniensis is viviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Hydrelaps, new genus, p. 270; H. darwiniensis, new species, p. 270 + Plate XII, figure 1, five views).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
- Rasmussen AR, Sanders KL, Guinea ML, Amey AP (2014). "Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae)—a review with an updated identification key". Zootaxa 3869 (4): 351–371.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
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Category:Monotypic snake genera
Category:Reptiles described in 1896
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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