Hydrophis platurus, Pelagic sea snake

Hydrophis platurus   (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pelagic sea snake
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Squamata | Elapidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 2352).  Tropical; 85°N - 56°S (Ref. 356)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 113 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2352); common length : 90.0 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2352)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum depth from Ref. 98471. Pelagic (Ref. 122680). Lives near surface (Ref. 801) in the open ocean away from coasts and reefs but may be found in shallow inshore waters (Ref. 122680) and occasionally in intertidal areas (Ref. 98471). Dives to depths of 15 m and are often found around flotsam or debris (Ref. 122680). Exclusively feeds on fish, foraging only up to a depth of 2 m. Sole marine snake not associated with the benthic community (Ref. 98471).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

This species gives birth to 2 to 8 offspring.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 February 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21 - 29.1, mean 27.5 (based on 2282 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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