Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hydrophis platurus
Serpiente marina pelágica, Serpiente marina amarilla, Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Hydrophis
Species
platurus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pelamis platuros Daudin, 1803 fide Uetz & Hošek (2013) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
Origin: Migrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The entire tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. SRecords along the coast of mainland Ecuador and Galápagos are thought to be the result of waif dispersal.
- Reynolds, R. P. Pickwell, G. V. (1984) Records of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platurus, from the Galápagos Islands. Copeia 3: 786-789
- Uetz, P. Hošek, J. (eds.) (2013) The Reptile Database available from http://www.reptile-database.org
- Arteaga, A. Bustamante, L., Vierira, J., Tapia, W., Guayasamin, J.M. (2019) Reptiles of the Galapagos Life on the Enchanted Islands Tropical Herping
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Www.itis.gov
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- IUCN (2022) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Https://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on Marzo 2022
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hydrophis platurus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17973. Accessed 16 July 2025.