Yellow-bellied Sea Snake at Mogareeka, NSW
Identification history
| Hydrophis platurus | 16 Jun 2018 | Mia |
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1 comment
JackieMiles
wrote:
16 Jun 2018
Good sighting. My copy of Cogger's reptile guide (1992) shows the distribution extending from Perth north round the coast but south only to about Sydney, but then goes on to say one of only 3 sea snake species recorded from Tasmania - rarely, I assume. Notes say it is pelagic (free swimming in the ocean) feeding mainly on surface fishes.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.981475-36.702061
- Altitude 2.4m
- Places Mogareeka, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 18 Jun 2016 01:36 PM Recorded on
- Mia Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Snakes Mia
Species information
- Hydrophis platurus Scientific name
- Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1.53m to 20m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Pelamis platurus
