Hydrophis [Leioselasma] coggeri Kharin, 1984, 1801

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 461

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724697
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scientific name	Hydrophis [Leioselasma] coggeri Kharin, 1984
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Hydrophis [Leioselasma] coggeri Kharin, 1984 View in CoL

Cogger’s Sea Snake; Pacific Yellow-banded Sea Snake; Slender-necked Sea Snake

Leioselasma coggeri Kharin, 1984a:1538 View in CoL , fig. b.— David and Ineich, 1999:107.— Rasmussen, 2001:4002, figs.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:358.

Hydrophis coggeri, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:504 View in CoL .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Port Suva , Fiji Ids. Holotype ZISP 19681 View Materials .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— said to occur in the Philippines ( Rasmussen [2001:4002] and distribution map; also Zug [2013:229]) but most likely H. melanocephalus (see Rasmussen et al. [2011:6]).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— north coast of Australia, New Caledonia, east to Vanuatu and Fiji.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.