Photo of a Pacific seasnake (Hydrophis pacificus)
Photo: Gary Rethus, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Sea Snake
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Hydrophis
Continents
Africa, Asia
Countries
2
How common
Rare

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About

Pacific seasnake (Hydrophis pacificus) is a venomous sea snake of the family Elapidae, found in Guinea, Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 4 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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