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Hydrophis brookii GÜNTHER, 1872

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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHydrophis brookii GÜNTHER 1872: 597
Hydrophis consobrinus SMITH 1917: 341
Hydrophis brookei — DE ROOIJ 1917
Hydrophis brookei — SMITH 1943: 465
Disteira consobrina — OSHIMA 1944
Hydrophis brookii — WELCH 1994: 67
Hydrophis brookei — MURPHY, COX & VORIS 1999
Hydrophis (Hydrophis) brookii — KHARIN 2004
Hydrophis brookii — RASMUSSEN et al. 2011
Hydrophis brooki — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Hydrophis brookii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 340 
DistributionIndian Ocean (Malaysia, Vietnam, W Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Borneo: Kalimantan), Gulf of Thailand

Type locality: Sarawak, Malaysia  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.157 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1289 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Habitat: marine and freshwater (Rasmussen et al. 2001). 
EtymologyNamed after James Brooke (1803 – 1868), British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo 
References
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  • Das, Indraneil 2023. Snakes of a Continental Island: History and Patterns of Discovery of the Snake Fauna of Borneo to the Start of the Anthropocene. In: Lillywhite & Martins, eds., Islands and snakes, vol. II. Oxford University Press, p. 1 ff - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1872. On the reptiles and amphibians of Borneo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 586-600. - get paper here
  • Kharin V E 1983. A new species of the genus Hydrophis sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) from the North Australian Shelf [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62 (11): 1751-1753
  • Kharin, V.E. 2004. Review of Sea Snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae). Russian Journal of Marine Biology 30 (6): 387-394 - get paper here
  • Kharin, V.E. 2004. A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). [in Russian]. Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447-454 - get paper here
  • Kharin, Vladimir E.; Jakob Hallermann 2009. Annotated catalogue of sea kraits (Laticaudidae) and sea snakes (Hydrophiidae) of the herpetological collection of the Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg. Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 106: 51-67
  • Leviton, A.E., R.M. Brown, and C.D. Siler. 2014. The dangerously venomous snakes of the Philippine Archipelago. in The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Biodiversity Philippine Expedition (G.C. Williams and T.M. Gosliner, eds.). California Academy of Sciences, USA, Pp 473–530
  • Murphy,J.C.; Cox,M.J. & Voris,H.K. 1999. A key to the sea snakes in the gulf of Thailand. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 47: 95-108
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Rasmussen, A. R., M. AULIYA & W. BÖHME 2001. A new species of sea snake genus Hydrophis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from a river in West Kalimantan (Indonesia, Borneo). Herpetologica 57 (1): 23-32 - get paper here
  • RASMUSSEN, ARNE REDSTED; JOHAN ELMBERG, PETER GRAVLUND & IVAN INEICH 2011. Sea snakes (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) in Vietnam: a comprehensive checklist and an updated identification key. Zootaxa 2894: 1–20 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1917. Preliminary diagnoses of four new sea snakes. J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 2: 340 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
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  • Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo)
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