Family Elapidae [marine species] (Sea Snakes):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Indonesia
36
No. 2
Australia
32
No. 3
Thailand
29
No. 4
Vietnam
26
No. 5
Papua New Guinea
25
No. 6
Malaysia
24
No. 7
India
20
No. 8
Myanmar
17
No. 9
Sri Lanka
17
No. 10
New Caledonia [France]
15
No. 11
Philippines
15
No. 12
Bangladesh
14
No. 13
China
14
No. 14
Pakistan
14
No. 15
Taiwan
13
No. 16
Iran
10
No. 17
Japan
9
No. 18
Oman
9
No. 19
Singapore
9
No. 20
United Arab Emirates
9
No. 21
Brunei
8
No. 22
Solomon Islands
7
No. 23
Vanuatu
6
No. 24
Bahrain
5
No. 25
Cambodia
5
No. 26
Fiji
5
No. 27
Saudi Arabia
5
No. 28
South Korea
5
No. 29
Tonga
5
No. 30
New Zealand
4
No. 31
Qatar
4
No. 32
American Samoa [USA]
3
No. 33
French Polynesia [France]
3
No. 34
Kiribati
3
No. 35
Kuwait
3
No. 36
Western Samoa
3
No. 37
Iraq
2
No. 38
Madagascar
2
No. 39
Micronesia
2
No. 40
Niue
2
No. 41
North Korea
2
No. 42
Palau
2
No. 43
Russia
2
No. 44
Seychelles
2
No. 45
Tuvalu
2
No. 46
Bonin Islands [Japan]
1
No. 47
Chile
1
No. 48
Clipperton [France]
1
No. 49
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
1
No. 50
Colombia
1
No. 51
Cook Islands
1
No. 52
Costa Rica
1
No. 53
Djibouti
1
No. 54
East Timor
1
No. 55
Easter Island [Chile]
1
No. 56
Ecuador
1
No. 57
El Salvador
1
No. 58
Guatemala
1
No. 59
Hawaii [USA]
1
No. 60
Honduras
1
No. 61
Kenya
1
No. 62
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
1
No. 63
Maldives
1
No. 64
Marshall Islands
1
No. 65
Mauritius
1
No. 66
Mexico
1
No. 67
Mozambique
1
No. 68
Namibia
1
No. 69
Nauru
1
No. 70
Nicaragua
1
No. 71
Northern Mariana Islands
1
No. 72
Panama
1
No. 73
Peru
1
No. 74
Somalia
1
No. 75
South Africa
1
No. 76
Tanzania
1
No. 77
USA
1
No. 78
Volcano Islands [Japan]
1
No. 79
Wallis & Futuna [France]
1
No. 80
Yemen
1