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Hydrophis belcheri

Belcher's Sea Snake

Venomous 💀💀💀💀 Very dangerous bite ref
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Warning. 

The bite of most elapids is not painful. You can be bitten and envenomated without noticing it.

  • Length Adult

  • up to 122 cm ref

  • Length Newborn

  • unknown

  • Reproduction

  • unknown

  • Pupil Shape (when closed!)

  • unknown

  • Fangs

  • fixed front-fanged ref

Subspecies & Common Names

Hydrophis belcheri  ENGLISH Belcher's Sea Snake, Captain Belcher's Sea Snake, Faint Banded Sea Snake ref

Full Taxonomy

  • I. Superfamily Colubroidea

  • Colubrids, elapids and vipers

  • II. Family Elapidae

  • Elapids

  • III. Subfamily Hydrophiinae

  • Sea snakes

  • IV. Genus Hydrophis

  • Sea snakes

  • V. Species Hydrophis belcheri

  • Belcher's sea snake

  • VI. snakeID

  • 543
Look up complete taxonomic records of Hydrophis belcheri (including synonyms) at THE REPTILE DATABASE (by Peter Uetz et al).