Hydrophis lapemoides Persian Gulf sea snake, Arabian Gulf sea snake

Hydrophis lapemoides is commonly referred to as Persian Gulf sea snake, Arabian Gulf sea snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

9594 

AphiaID:

344062 

Scientific:

Hydrophis lapemoides 

German:

Seeschlange 

English:

Persian Gulf Sea Snake, Arabian Gulf Sea Snake 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > lapemoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Irak, Iran, Laccadive Sea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand 

Size:

27.56" - 51.18" (70cm - 130cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Nekton, Predatory 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hydrophis atriceps
• 
  Hydrophis belcheri
  Seeschlange
• Hydrophis bituberculatus
• Hydrophis brookii
• Hydrophis caerulescens
• Hydrophis cantoris
• Hydrophis coggeri
• Hydrophis curtus
• Hydrophis cyanocinctus
• Hydrophis czeblukovi
• Hydrophis donaldi
• Hydrophis elegans
• Hydrophis fasciatus
• Hydrophis gracilis
• Hydrophis hardwickii
• Hydrophis hendersoni
• Hydrophis inornatus
• Hydrophis jerdonii
• Hydrophis kingii
• Hydrophis klossi
• Hydrophis laboutei
• Hydrophis lamberti
• 
  Hydrophis lapemoides
  Seeschlange
• Hydrophis macdowelli
• Hydrophis major
• Hydrophis mamillaris
• Hydrophis melanocephalus
• Hydrophis melanosoma
• Hydrophis nigrocinctus
• Hydrophis obscurus
• Hydrophis ornatus
• Hydrophis pachycercos
• Hydrophis pacificus
• Hydrophis parviceps
• Hydrophis peronii
• 
  Hydrophis platurus
  Plättchen-Seeschlange
• Hydrophis schistosus
• Hydrophis semperi
• Hydrophis sibauensis
• 
  Hydrophis spiralis
  Seeschlange
• Hydrophis stokesii
• Hydrophis stricticollis
• Hydrophis torquatus
• Hydrophis viperinus
• Hydrophis vorisi
• Hydrophis zweifeli
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-31 18:36:29 

Last edit:

2016-03-31 18:36:29 

Toxicity

Hydrophis lapemoides is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Hydrophis lapemoides, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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