Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864

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 : 277

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968309

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE8E-B962-FF6B-45387DDD0A24

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scientific name

Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864
status

 

Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864 View in CoL — Erroneous.

West Coast Black-headed Sea Snake

Singapore records.

Hydrus nigrocinctus — Cantor, 1847c: 1050, 1057, 1072.

Hydrophis torquatus View in CoL — Flower, 1896: 892.—Sworder, 1923: 69.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.— K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 149.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— Das, 2010: 322.

Hydrophis torquatus torquatus — Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 137.

Hydrophis diadema —Sworder, 1923: 69.

Chitulia torquata —Chan-ard et al., 2015: 277.

Remarks. Cantor (1847c) first listed Singapore as a locality for H. torquatus , and said it is rare based on catches in fishing nets ( Cantor 1847c). No additional specimens or reported observations for H. torquatus exist. Subsequent publications likely refer to Cantor (1847c). Since there are inconsistencies regarding the localities of Cantor’s specimens, we refrain from including H. torquatus into Singapore’s herpetofauna checklist.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Family Homalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845 (2 species)

Genus Myrrophis Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012 (2 species)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Hydrophis

Loc

Hydrophis torquatus Ģnther, 1864

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Hydrophis torquatus torquatus

Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 137
2001
Loc

Hydrophis torquatus

Das, I. 2010: 322
Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 2002: 148
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 105
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 149
Flower, S. S. 1896: 892
1896
Loc

Hydrus nigrocinctus

Cantor, T. E. 1847: 1050
1847
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