Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Parahydrophis mertoni (Roux, 1910)

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CAVS: 2750

Species Parahydrophis mertoni (Roux, 1910)

Northern Mangrove Seasnake

  • Distira mertoni Roux, J. 1910. Reptilien und Amphibien der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 33: 210-247 [222, pl. 13 fig. 4].
    Type data:
     Holotype NHMB, Sungei Waskei, Wodam, Aru Ils, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

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), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, inshore estuarine, predator, sub-littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Perennially active, viviparous.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 1975. The sea snakes of Australia and New Guinea. pp. 59-139 in Dunson, W. (ed.). The Biology of Sea Snakes. Baltimore : University Park Press (taxonomy)

McDowell, S.B. 1969. Notes on the Australian sea-snake Ephalophis greyi M. Smith (1969) (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) and the origin and classification of sea-snakes. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 48: 333-349 (taxonomy)

Smith, M.A. 1926. Monograph on the Sea Snakes. (Hydrophiidae). London : British Museum xvii 130 pp. (taxonomy)

 

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. [47] (Northern Mangrove Seasnake)