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.

Profile

lexID:

18030 

AphiaID:

0 

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)  

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Catalog of Life:

• Hydrophis atriceps
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  Hydrophis belcheri
  Belchers Seeschlange, Blassgebänderte Seeschlange
• Hydrophis bituberculatus
• Hydrophis brookii
• Hydrophis caerulescens
• Hydrophis cantoris
• 
  Hydrophis coggeri
  Pazifische Gelbgebänderte Ruderschlange, Coggers Seeschlange, Schwarzkopf Seeschlange, Dünnhals-Seeschlange
• Hydrophis curtus
• Hydrophis cyanocinctus
• Hydrophis czeblukovi
• Hydrophis donaldi
• Hydrophis elegans
• Hydrophis fasciatus
• Hydrophis gracilis
• Hydrophis hardwickii
• Hydrophis hendersoni
• Hydrophis inornatus
• Hydrophis jerdonii
• Hydrophis kingii
• Hydrophis klossi
• Hydrophis laboutei
• Hydrophis lamberti
• 
  Hydrophis lapemoides
  Arabischer Golf Seeschlange
• Hydrophis macdowelli
• 
  Hydrophis major
  Große Ruderschlange,Olivenköpfige Seeschlange
• Hydrophis mamillaris
• Hydrophis melanocephalus
• Hydrophis melanosoma
• Hydrophis nigrocinctus
• Hydrophis obscurus
• Hydrophis ornatus
• Hydrophis pachycercos
• Hydrophis pacificus
• Hydrophis parviceps
• 
  Hydrophis peronii
  Perons Seeschlange, Hornruderschlange, Stachelkopf-Seeschlange
• 
  Hydrophis platurus
  Plättchen-Seeschlange, Gelbbauch Seeschlange
• Hydrophis schistosus
• Hydrophis semperi
• Hydrophis sibauensis
• 
  Hydrophis spiralis
  Gelbe Seeschlange
• Hydrophis stokesii
• Hydrophis stricticollis
• Hydrophis torquatus
• Hydrophis viperinus
• Hydrophis vorisi
• Hydrophis zweifeli
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-07 17:12:49 

Last edit:

2026-03-24 19:33:40 

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