Shaw’s Seasnake Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Hydrophis curtus
Family : Elapidae
Order : Squamata
Class : Reptilia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Hardwicke’s Sea Snake,Spine-bellied Sea snake
Habitat : Marine
Description : Body of Shaw’s Seasnake is greenish or yellowish above and whitish below along with dark greenish to black bands.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Bungarus sindanus
(Wall’s Krait) -
Sinomicrurus macclellandi
(Macclelland’s Coral Snake) -
Ophiophagus hannah
(King Cobra) -
Bungarus lividus
(Lesser Black Krait) -
Naja naja
(Binocellate Cobra) -
Hydrophis stokesii
(Stokes’ Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis fasciatus
(Stripped Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis nigrocinctus
(Daudin’s Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis schistosus
(Hook-nosed Sea Snake) -
Naja kaouthia
(Monocled Cobra)
Species groups
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description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:www.reptile-database.reptarium.cz; photo credit:Pradip Patade(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pradip Patade), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:www.reptile-database.reptarium.cz; photo credit:Pradip Patade(www.inaturalist.org/people/Pradip Patade), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.