A Listing of Australian Sea Snakes
Distribution Key      SEA KRAITS

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SEA SNAKES
Last Updated January 7, 2011

Family Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes)

Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
Distribution
Hydrophiidae Acalyptophis peronii Horned Sea Snake NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed Sea Snake  WA
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus duboisii Reef Shallows or Dubois's Sea Snake NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus eydouxii Stagger-banded or Spine-tailed Sea Snak NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus foliosquama Leaf-scaled Sea Snake WA(Ashmore and Scott
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus fuscus Dusky Sea Snake WA(Ashmore Reef)
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus laevis Golden or Olive Sea Snake NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Aipysurus tenuis Brown-lined Sea Snake WA
Hydrophiidae Astrotia stokesii Stokes's Sea Snake NSW,NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Disteira kingii Spectacled Sea Snake NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Disteira major Olive-headed Sea Snake NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Emydocephalus annulatus Turtle-headed Sea Snake NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Enhydrina schistosa Beaked Sea Snake NT,Qld
Hydrophiidae Ephalophis greyi North-western Mangrove Sea Snake NT(?),WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrelaps darwiniensis Black-ringed Mangrove Sea Snake NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed Sea Snake NT,WA(?)
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis belcheri Sea Snake NT(?),Qld(?)
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis caerulescens Dwarf Sea Snake Qld
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis coggeri Slender-necked Sea Snake WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis czeblukovi Fine-spined Sea Snake WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis elegans Elegant Sea Snake NSW,NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis geometricus Geometrical Sea Snake WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis gracilis Slender Sea Snake Qld
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis inornatus Plain Sea Snake NT,WA(?)
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis mcdowelli Small-headed Sea Snake NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis melanocephalus Sea Snake NT(?),WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis melanosoma Black-banded Robust Sea Snake NT(?),Qld,WA(?)
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis ornatus Sea Snake NSW,NT,Tas,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis pacificus Large-headed Sea Snake NT,Qld
Hydrophiidae Hydrophis vorisi Sea Snake Qld(Torres Strait)
Hydrophiidae Lapemis hardwickii Spine-bellied Sea Snake NT,Qld,WA
Hydrophiidae Parahydrophis mertoni Norther Mangrove Sea Snake NT,Qld
Hydrophiidae Pelamis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake NSW,NT,Qld,Tas,Vic,WA

Family Laticaudidae (Sea Kraits)
Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
Distribution
Laticaudidae Laticauda colubrina Wide-faced or Yellow Lipped Sea Krait NSW,Qld
Laticaudidae Laticauda laticaudata Large Scaled Sea Krait NSW,Qld

DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area
CI = Christmas Island
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island
NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory
Qld = Queensland
SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania
Vic = Victoria
WA = Western Australia
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