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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)   * Aipysurus apraefrontalis Short-nosed Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Schroeder, Guinea & Rasmussen 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   Aipysurus duboisi Reef Shallows Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Aipysurus foliosquama Leaf-scaled Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Schroeder, Guinea & Rasmussen 2015 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aipysurus fuscus Dusky Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   Aipysurus laevis Olive Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Lukoschek, Heatwole, Grech, Burns & Marsh 2007 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Rooij 1917 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Aipysurus mosaicus Mosaic Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 [as A. eydouxii] Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as A. eydouxii] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as A. eydouxii] Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as A. eydouxii] Wilson 2005 [as A. eydouxii]   * Aipysurus pooleorum Shark Bay Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Aipysurus tenuis Brown-lined Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Genus Emydocephalus (Turtle-headed Sea Snakes)   Emydocephalus annulatus Annulated Turtle-headed Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Lukoschek, Heatwole, Grech, Burns & Marsh 2007 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson 2005   * Emydocephalus orarius Western Australian Turtle-headed Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 [as annulatus] Cogger 2014 [as annulatus] Nankivell, Goiran, Hourston, Shine, Rasmussen, Thomson & Sanders 2020 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as annulatus] Genus Ephalophis (Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake)   * Ephalophis greyae Broome Thick-tailed Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)   Hydrelaps darwiniensis Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005 Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   Hydrophis belcheri Western Faint-banded Sea Snake Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014   Hydrophis caerulescens Bluish Slender-necked Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis coggeri Pacific Yellow-banded Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Magnetic Island Nature Care Inc. (http://www.minca.org/reptiles.html), viewed 30th June 2021 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis czeblukovi Fine-spined Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010   * Hydrophis donaldi Rough-scaled Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry 2012   Hydrophis elegans Bar-bellied Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis kingii Spectacled Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis macdowelli Small-headed Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Hobson & Thrash 2016 O'Shea 1996 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis major Olive-headed Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   * Hydrophis ocellatus Spotted Sea Snake Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 [as H. ornatus] Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as H. ornatus] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as H. ornatus] Ineich & Laboute 2002 [as H. ornatus] Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 [as H. ornatus] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as H. ornatus] Wilson 2005 [as H. ornatus]   Hydrophis pacificus Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis peronii Horned Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Guinea 1992 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Ineich 1988 Kube & Ling 2012 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Robertson & Coventry 2019 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis stokesii Large-headed Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Hydrophis zweifeli Sepik Beaked Sea Snake Anonymous 2018 Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Hobson & Thrash 2016 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Wilson 2005 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)   Laticauda colubrina Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005   Laticauda laticaudata Blue-lipped Sea Krait Bosch 1985 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Haas 1950 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Smith 1926 Stejneger 1907 Wilson & Swan 2010 Zhao & Adler 1993 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005 Genus Parahydrophis (Arafura Smooth Sea Snake)   Parahydrophis mertoni Arafura Smooth Sea Snake Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005