Estuarine sea snake explained

The estuarine sea snake (Hydrophis vorisi), also known commonly as Kharin's sea snake, is a species of marine venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters around the northern tip of Australia in the Torres Strait.

Etymology

The specific name, vorisi, is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940).^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. vorisi is the neritic zone.

Reproduction

H. vorisi is viviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
• Kharin V (1984). "[Sea snakes of the genus ''Hydrophis sensu lato'' (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae), on taxonomic status of New Guinea ''H. obscurus'' ]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63 (4): 630–632. (Hydrophis vorisi, new species). (in Russian).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hydrophis vorisi, p. 276).
2. www.reptile-database.org.