Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Seasnake, Pelagic Sea Snake

Hydrophis platurus is commonly referred to as Yellow-bellied Seasnake, Pelagic Sea Snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

8408 

AphiaID:

1476906 

Scientific:

Hydrophis platurus 

German:

Plättchen-Seeschlange, Gelbbauch Seeschlange 

English:

Yellow-bellied Seasnake, Pelagic Sea Snake 

Category:

Gady 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > platurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, El Salvador, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Columbia, Corea, Costa Rica, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico (East Pacific), Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Mediterranean Sea, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

23.62" - 35.43" (60cm - 90cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hydrophis atriceps
• 
  Hydrophis belcheri
  Belchers Seeschlange, Blassgebänderte Seeschlange
• Hydrophis bituberculatus
• Hydrophis brookii
• Hydrophis caerulescens
• Hydrophis cantoris
• 
  Hydrophis coggeri
  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
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-05-17 14:43:05 

Last edit:

2025-12-23 18:26:19 

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