Hydrophis nigrocinctus Daudin, 1803

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 290

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968392
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scientific name	Hydrophis nigrocinctus Daudin, 1803
status

Treatment

Hydrophis nigrocinctus Daudin, 1803 — Erroneous.

Black-banded Sea Snake

Singapore records.

Hydrophis nigrocinctus —Sworder, 1923: 69.

Disteira nigrocincta —Wallach et al., 2014: 240.

Remarks. Sworder (1923) suspected the presence of H. nigrocinctus in Singapore given its occurrence in Perak, Malaysia, but no records exist of this species from Singapore.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Genus Laticauda Laurenti, 1768 (1 species)