| Common Name | Stokes' sea snake |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd Modifier | person (eponym) |
| Remarks | 'snake', from Old English 'snaca', i.e., 'to crawl'. |