Australian Elapids (inc. Sea Snakes)
Hydrophiinae
The Hydrophiinae, commonly known as sea snakes or coral reef snakes, are a subfamily of venomous elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. Most are extensively adapted to a fully aquatic life and are unable to move on land, except for the genus Laticauda, which has limited land movement. They are found in warm coastal waters from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific and are closely related to venomous terrestrial...
34 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 208 known species
Australian Black Snakes
genusPseudechis
Australian Brown Snakes
genusPseudonaja
Tiger Snakes
genusNotechis
True sea snakes
tribeHydrophiini
Australian Copperheads
genusAustrelaps
Whipsnakes
genusDemansia
Small-eyed Snakes
genusCryptophis
Crowned Snakes
genusCacophis
Suta
genusSuta
Death Adders
genusAcanthophis
Bandy Bandys
genusVermicella
White-lipped Snakes
genusDrysdalia
Grey and Marsh Snakes
genusHemiaspis
Bright-naped Snakes
genusFurina
Hoplocephalus Snakes
genusHoplocephalus
Shovel-nosed Snakes
genusBrachyurophis
Tropidechis
genusTropidechis
Taipans
genusOxyuranus
Australian Banded Snakes
genusSimoselaps
Crowned and Short-nosed Snakes
genusElapognathus
Ornamental and De Vis' Banded Snakes
genusDenisonia
Bardicks
genusEchiopsis
Ikaheka Snakes
genusMicropechis
Narophis
genusNarophis
New Guinea Crown Snakes
genusAspidomorphus
Neelaps
genusNeelaps
Rhinoplocephalus
genusRhinoplocephalus
Salomonelaps
genusSalomonelaps
Northeastern Burrowing Snakes
genusAntaioserpens
Forest Snakes
genusToxicocalamus
Paroplocephalus
genusParoplocephalus
Loveridgelaps
genusLoveridgelaps
Ogmodon
genusOgmodon
Parapistocalamus
genusParapistocalamus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 492346.