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Hydrophis peronii Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake

Hydrophis peronii is commonly referred to as Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.


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Hydrophis peronii,Baie des Antennes - Ste Marie 2024


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lexID:
18030 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Hydrophis peronii 
German:
Perons Seeschlange, Hornruderschlange, Stachelkopf-Seeschlange 
English:
Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake 
Category:
Gady 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > peronii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Duméril, ), 1853 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indonesia, New Caledonia, Northeast Atlantic, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Continental shelf, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Muddy grounds, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Stony soils 
Size:
27.56" - 51.18" (70cm - 130cm) 
Temperature:
25,4 °F - 29,3 °F (25,4°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-24 19:33:40 

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Hydrophis peronii (Duméril, 1853)

Feeds on a variety of fishes, like gobies and feeds also on commensal shrimps of the genus Alpheus sp.

Synonymised names
Acalyptophis peronii (Duméril, 1853) · unaccepted
Acalyptus peronii Duméril, 1853 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.01.2026.

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