BPBM 1740Vertebrate Zoology
Hydrophis platurus
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
As recorded: Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Elapidae
- Collected by
- D Hartwell
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- exact locality unknown
- Island
- Enderbury Island
- Region
- Kiribati
- Identified by
- C H Kishinami, Jan 2013heemstra ret 29 Jan →Carla H. Kishinami →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cite this specimen
Hydrophis platurus. BPBM 1740. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 94362684. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/1740.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 94362684 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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