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