Species profile—Hydrophis peronii (horned sea snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Hydrophis peronii (horned sea snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Hydrophis peronii (Dumeril, 1853)
- Common name
- horned sea snake
- Type reference
- Dumeril, A.M.C. (1853). Prodrome de la classifcation des reptiles ophidiens. Mem. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23, 399-536.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 370
- Synonym(s)
- Acalyptophis peronii
- Alternate name(s)
- spiny-headed seasnake
Peron's sea snake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=370.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
