Hydrophis ornatus
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Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842) — Erroneous.
Ornate Reef Sea Snake
Singapore records.
Hydrophis ornatus —Sworder, 1923: 68.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 148.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— Das, 2010: 321.— Das, 2012a: 96.— Das, 2018: 114.
Hydrophis ornatus ornatus — Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 136.
Chitulia ornata —Chan-ard et al., 2015: 278.
Remarks. Sworder (1923) included H. ornatus in his checklist of Singapore’s snakes because of its wide distribution from the Persian Gulf to Solomon Islands, but no records exist for it from Singapore nor for Peninsular Malaysia. Subsequent publications likely refer to Sworder (1923). Voris and Jeffries collected three specimens during their sea snake research in Singapore, but the three specimens were brought to the Kangkar Fish Market with one being from the South China Sea and the other two having no specific locality recorded, and have been excluded (refer to “A note on sea snakes in Singapore ” above). Additional specimens at LKCNHM were taken from the South China Sea and Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca (which have been excluded; refer to “A note on sea snakes in Singapore ” above).
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
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- Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (1992) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
- Chou L. M., Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. (1994) Animalia. In: Wee, Y. C. & Ng, P. K. L. (Eds.), A First Look at Biodiversity in Singapore. National Council on the Environment, Singapore, pp. 70 - 106.
- Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (2002) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Revised Edition. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
- Das, I. (2010) A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand and South-East Asia. New Holland, London, 376 pp.
- Das, I. (2012 a) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 160 pp.
- Das, I. (2018) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia. 2 nd Edition. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 176 pp.
- Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. (2001) A Checklist of Southeast Asian and New Guinean Reptiles. Part I. Serpentes. Biodiversity Conservation Project (Indonesian Institute of Sciences - Japan International Cooperation Agency - The Ministry of Forestry). The Gibbon Foundation and Institute of Technology, Bandung, 195 pp.