Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [marine species] Bibliography of the genus Parahydrophis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [marine species] Genus Parahydrophis Arafura Smooth Sea Snake Arafura-Seeschlange Arafura-havslange 1974 Parahydrophis Burger & Natsuno (type species: Disteira mertoni Roux 1910) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Parahydrophis mertoni Arafura Smooth Sea Snake, Northern Mangrove Sea Snake Arafura-Seeschlange Arafura-havslange 1910 Disteira mertoni Roux Hydrophis mertoni Rooij 1917 Disteira mertoni Werner 1924 Ephalophis mertoni McDowell 1969 Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Indonesia (Aru Islands, Western New Guinea).