Species of Thailand
Brook's sea snake
Hydrophis brookii
Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1872
In Thai: งูแสมรังท้องเหลือง, ngu saem rang thong leuang
Hydrophis brookii is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to bodies of water in Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, brookii, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
Geographic range
H. brookii is found in the Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, western Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Gulf of Thailand. It is also found in a freshwater lake in Thailand.
Description
Males of H. brookii may attain a total length of 103.5 cm, which includes a tail 11.5 cm long. Females are slightly smaller, and may attain a total length of 96.5 cm, with a tail 7.5 cm long.
Diet
H. brookii predominately preys upon eels.
Reproduction
H. brookii is viviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Hydrophis
- Species
- Hydrophis brookii
Common names
- English: Brook's sea snake
- Thai: งูแสมรังท้องเหลือง, ngu saem rang thong leuang
Synonyms
- Hydrophis brookii, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Hydrophis brookii, Arne Redsted Rasmussen et al. (2011)
- Hydrophis (Hydrophis) brookii, Vladimir Emelyanovich Kharin (2004)
- Hydrophis brookei, John C. Murphy & Merel J. Cox & Harold K. Voris (1999)
- Hydrophis brookii, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
- Hydrophis brookei, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
- Hydrophis brookei, Nelly de Rooij (1917)
- Hydrophis consobrinus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1917)
- Hydrophis brookii, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
- Hydrophis brookei, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Krabi Coast
- Nakhon Si Thammarat Coast
- Narathiwat Coast
- Pattani Coast
- Phuket Coast
- Satun Coast
- Songkhla Coast
- Surat Thani Coast
- Trang Coast