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Hydrophis belcheri
Belcher's Sea Snake
Venomous 💀💀💀💀 Very dangerous bite
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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
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Length Newborn
unknown
Reproduction
unknown
Pupil Shape (when closed!)
unknown
Fangs
fixed front-fanged
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Subspecies & Common Names
Hydrophis belcheri
ENGLISH
Belcher's Sea Snake, Captain Belcher's Sea Snake, Faint Banded Sea Snake
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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).