Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
Author
Leviton, Alan E.
Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
aleviton@calacademy.org
Author
Siler, Cameron D.
Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.
camsiler@ou.edu
Author
Weinell, Jeffrey L.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
jweine2@gmail.com
Author
Brown, Rafe M.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.
rafe@ku.edu
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2018
Oxford, England
2018-03-29
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Hydrophis brookii
Günther, 1872
Brook’s Sea Snake
Hydrophis brookii
Günther, 1872:597
, fig.—
Smith, 1926:99
.— David and Ineich, 1999:106.— Stuebing and Inger, 1999:207.—
Rasmussen et al., 2011:5
.—
Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:504
.
TYPE
LOCALITY
AND
TYPE
SPECIMEN
(
S
)
.—
Sarawak
[coast],
Borneo
,
Malaysia
.
Holotype
:
BMNH 1946.1.1.57
(formerly
BMNH 72.2.16.58
;
fide
Smith [1926:101]
).
PHILIPPINE
DISTRIBUTION
.— Unknown in the
Philippines
, but it has been reported from South
China
Sea, along the coast of
Sarawak
, Borneo (
Smith [1926:101]
; Stuebing and Inger, [1999:207]), and
Vietnam
(David and Ineich [1999:106];
Rasmussen [2011:5]
).
GENERAL
DISTRIBUTION
(
OTHER
THAN
PHILIPPINES
)
.— Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Sarawak coast of Borneo.
CONSERVATION
STATUS
[IUCN]
.— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.