WoRMS taxon details
Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842)
344057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344057)
accepted
Species
Aturia elegans Gray, 1842 · unaccepted
marine
(of Aturia elegans Gray, 1842) Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 2: 59-68. [details]
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344057 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aturia elegans Gray, 1842) Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 2: 59-68. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrophis elegans)
To GenBank (3295 nucleotides; 194 proteins) (from synonym Aturia elegans Gray, 1842)
To GenBank (3295 nucleotides; 194 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 213475 dorsal)
To The Reptile Database
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrophis elegans)
To GenBank (3295 nucleotides; 194 proteins) (from synonym Aturia elegans Gray, 1842)
To GenBank (3295 nucleotides; 194 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 213475 dorsal)
To The Reptile Database
To ITIS
