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

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Indonesia
 36
No. 2
Australia
 32
No. 3
Thailand
 29
No. 4
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 27
No. 5
Vietnam
 26
No. 6
Papua New Guinea
 25
No. 7
Malaysia
 24
No. 8
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 24
No. 9
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 23
No. 10
Queensland [Australia]
 22
No. 11
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 21
No. 12
Java [Indonesia]
 21
No. 13
India
 20
No. 14
Western Australia [Australia]
 20
No. 15
Northern Territory [Australia]
 19
No. 16
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 18
No. 17
Myanmar
 17
No. 18
Sri Lanka
 17
No. 19
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 17
No. 20
Sabah [Malaysia]
 16
No. 21
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 15
No. 22
New Caledonia [France]
 15
No. 23
Philippines
 15
No. 24
Bangladesh
 14
No. 25
China
 14
No. 26
Odisha [India]
 14
No. 27
Pakistan
 14
No. 28
Tamil Nadu [India]
 14
No. 29
West Bengal [India]
 14
No. 30
Kerala [India]
 13
No. 31
New South Wales [Australia]
 13
No. 32
Taiwan
 13
No. 33
Fraser Island [Australia]
 12
No. 34
Grande Terre (New Caledonia) [New Caledonia]
 12
No. 35
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 12
No. 36
Gigantes Islands [Philippines]
 11
No. 37
Guangdong [China]
 11
No. 38
Luzon [Philippines]
 11
No. 39
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
 11
No. 40
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 10
No. 41
Goa [India]
 10
No. 42
Gujarat [India]
 10
No. 43
Iran
 10
No. 44
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 10
No. 45
Fujian [China]
 9
No. 46
Japan
 9
No. 47
Maharashtra [India]
 9
No. 48
Oman
 9
No. 49
Singapore
 9
No. 50
United Arab Emirates
 9
No. 51
Amami Islands [Japan]
 8
No. 52
Brunei
 8
No. 53
Chesterfield Reefs [New Caledonia]
 8
No. 54
Guangxi [China]
 8
No. 55
Okinawa Islands [Japan]
 8
No. 56
Ryukyu Islands [Japan]
 8
No. 57
Sakishima Islands [Japan]
 8
No. 58
Satsunan Islands [Japan]
 8
No. 59
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 7
No. 60
Hainan [China]
 7
No. 61
Karnataka [India]
 7
No. 62
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 7
No. 63
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 7
No. 64
Solomon Islands
 7
No. 65
Hong Kong [China]
 6
No. 66
Lakshadweep [India]
 6
No. 67
Mindanao [Philippines]
 6
No. 68
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 6
No. 69
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 6
No. 70
Vanuatu
 6
No. 71
Ambon [Indonesia]
 5
No. 72
Bahrain
 5
No. 73
Cambodia
 5
No. 74
Fiji
 5
No. 75
Flores [Indonesia]
 5
No. 76
Honshu [Japan]
 5
No. 77
Saudi Arabia
 5
No. 78
South Korea
 5
No. 79
Ternate [Indonesia]
 5
No. 80
Tonga
 5
No. 81
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 4
No. 82
Andaman Islands [India]
 4
No. 83
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 4
No. 84
Bangka [Indonesia]
 4
No. 85
Jolo [Philippines]
 4
No. 86
Liaoning [China]
 4
No. 87
Madura [Indonesia]
 4
No. 88
New Zealand
 4
No. 89
Panay [Philippines]
 4
No. 90
Qatar
 4
No. 91
Shandong [China]
 4
No. 92
Viti Levu [Fiji]
 4
No. 93
Weh [Indonesia]
 4
No. 94
American Samoa [USA]
 3
No. 95
Ashmore & Cartier Islands [Australia]
 3
No. 96
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 3
No. 97
Cebu [Philippines]
 3
No. 98
French Polynesia [France]
 3
No. 99
Guadalcanal [Solomon Islands]
 3
No. 100
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 3
No. 101
Kiribati
 3
No. 102
Kuwait
 3
No. 103
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 3
No. 104
Negros [Philippines]
 3
No. 105
Samar [Philippines]
 3
No. 106
Sumba [Indonesia]
 3
No. 107
Supiori [Indonesia]
 3
No. 108
Tasmania [Australia]
 3
No. 109
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 3
No. 110
Vanua Levu [Fiji]
 3
No. 111
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 3
No. 112
Western Samoa
 3
No. 113
Yapen [Indonesia]
 3
No. 114
Zhejiang [China]
 3
No. 115
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 116
Babi Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 117
Babuyan Claro [Philippines]
 2
No. 118
Bali [Indonesia]
 2
No. 119
Biak [Indonesia]
 2
No. 120
Bohol [Philippines]
 2
No. 121
Calayan [Philippines]
 2
No. 122
Iraq
 2
No. 123
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 124
Kyushu [Japan]
 2
No. 125
Lau Islands [Fiji]
 2
No. 126
Madagascar
 2
No. 127
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 128
Micronesia
 2
No. 129
Mindoro [Philippines]
 2
No. 130
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 131
Nicobar Islands [India]
 2
No. 132
Niue
 2
No. 133
North Korea
 2
No. 134
Palau
 2
No. 135
Palawan [Philippines]
 2
No. 136
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
 2
No. 137
Rennell [Solomon Islands]
 2
No. 138
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 139
Russia
 2
No. 140
Salawati [Indonesia]
 2
No. 141
Seram [Indonesia]
 2
No. 142
Seychelles
 2
No. 143
Sudarso Island [Indonesia]
 2
No. 144
Tuvalu
 2
No. 145
West Timor [Indonesia]
 2
No. 146
Yaeyama Islands [Japan]
 2
No. 147
Bacan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 148
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 149
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 150
Banda Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 151
Batu Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 152
Belitung [Indonesia]
 1
No. 153
Bellona [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 154
Bonin Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 155
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 156
Buka [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 157
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 158
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 159
California [USA]
 1
No. 160
Chiapas [Mexico]
 1
No. 161
Chile
 1
No. 162
Choiseul [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 163
Chuuk State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 164
Clipperton [France]
 1
No. 165
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
 1
No. 166
Colima [Mexico]
 1
No. 167
Colombia
 1
No. 168
Cook Islands
 1
No. 169
Costa Rica
 1
No. 170
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 171
Djibouti
 1
No. 172
East Timor
 1
No. 173
Easter Island [Chile]
 1
No. 174
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 175
Ecuador
 1
No. 176
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 177
El Salvador
 1
No. 178
Enggano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 179
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
 1
No. 180
Gau [Fiji]
 1
No. 181
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 1
No. 182
Guatemala
 1
No. 183
Guerrero [Mexico]
 1
No. 184
Hawaii [USA]
 1
No. 185
Honduras
 1
No. 186
Isla del Coco [Costa Rica]
 1
No. 187
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 188
Izu Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 189
Jalisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 190
Jiangsu [China]
 1
No. 191
Kenya
 1
No. 192
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
 1
No. 193
Kosrae [Micronesia]
 1
No. 194
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 1
No. 195
Lingga Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 196
Lomaiviti Islands [Fiji]
 1
No. 197
Lord Howe Island [Australia]
 1
No. 198
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 199
Maldives
 1
No. 200
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 201
Marshall Islands
 1
No. 202
Mascarene Islands [France / Mauritius]
 1
No. 203
Mauritius
 1
No. 204
Mauritius Island [Mauritius]
 1
No. 205
Mexico
 1
No. 206
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 207
Mios Num [Indonesia]
 1
No. 208
Misima [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 209
Miyako [Japan]
 1
No. 210
Miyako Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 211
Mortlock Islands [Micronesia]
 1
No. 212
Mozambique
 1
No. 213
Mussau [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 214
Namibia
 1
No. 215
Nauru
 1
No. 216
Nayarit [Mexico]
 1
No. 217
Nias [Indonesia]
 1
No. 218
Nicaragua
 1
No. 219
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 220
Northern Mariana Islands
 1
No. 221
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 1
No. 222
Obi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 223
Ouvea [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 224
Panama
 1
No. 225
Paternoster Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 226
Peru
 1
No. 227
Pescadore Islands [Taiwan]
 1
No. 228
Romblon [Philippines]
 1
No. 229
Rote [Indonesia]
 1
No. 230
Saint Matthias Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 231
Santa Cruz Islands [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 232
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 1
No. 233
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 1
No. 234
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 235
Siquijor [Philippines]
 1
No. 236
Solor [Indonesia]
 1
No. 237
Somalia
 1
No. 238
Sonora [Mexico]
 1
No. 239
South Africa
 1
No. 240
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 241
Tanzania
 1
No. 242
USA
 1
No. 243
Victoria [Australia]
 1
No. 244
Volcano Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 245
Wallis & Futuna [France]
 1
No. 246
Western Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 247
Wetar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 248
Woodlark [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 249
Yemen
 1
No. 250
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 1