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Species Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983

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Species Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983

Small-headed Seasnake

  • Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, V.E. 1983. A new species of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from the north Australian shelf. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62(11): 1751-1753 [1751].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZIL 19678 ♂, Northern Australian Shelf.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., N coast, NW coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [46] (Small-headed Seasnake)