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Hydrophis platurus in life
In life — Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Flaxington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Flaxington
BPBM 13802Vertebrate Zoology

Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

As recorded: Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Elapidae

Collected by
M Uyemura
Collector number
Collector Number: --
Locality
Kaneohe, Kaneohe Bay, Waikane Beach
Island
Oʻahu
Region
Hawaii, United States
Coordinates
21.4991, -157.8510
Identified by
C H Kishinami, Jan 2013heemstra ret 29 Jan →Carla H. Kishinami →
Record type
Preserved specimen
19 Bishop specimens of Hydrophis platurusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Hydrophis platurus. BPBM 13802. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 94363552. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/13802.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized
  • Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately

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