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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.


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lexID:
8408 
AphiaID:
1476906 
Scientific:
Hydrophis platurus 
German:
Plättchen-Seeschlange, Gelbbauch Seeschlange 
English:
Yellow-bellied Seasnake, Pelagic Sea Snake 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > platurus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
Kuwait, Guadeloupe, 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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-23 18:26:19 

Toxicity


Hydrophis platurus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Hydrophis platurus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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Hydrophis platurus Linnaeus, 1766

Synonymised names
Anguis platura Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Pelamis platura (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Hydrophis platurus xanthos Bessesen & Galbreath, 2017

External links

  1. Goruma (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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