Description Pelamis platura
Date 17 February 2008
Author Aloaiza
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelamis_platura,_Costa_Rica.jpg

Hydrophis platurus, commonly known as the yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake or pelagic sea snake, is a species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world, excluding the Atlantic Ocean. It was the only member of the genus Pelamis but recent molecular evidence suggests that it is more closely related to the species of the genus Hydrophis. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Elapidae, Subfamily: Hydrophiinae, Genus: Hydrophis, Species: Hydrophis platura (Linnaeus, 1766).
Synonyms:
Anguis platura Linnaeus, 1766
Hydrus bicolor Schneider, 1799
Hydrophis platura – Latreille, 1801
Pelamis platuros – Daudin, 1803
Pelamis bicolor – Daudin, 1803
Hydrophis pelamis Schlegel, 1837
Pelamis ornata Gray, 1842
Pelamis platurus – Stoliczka, 1872
Hydrus platurus – Boulenger, 1890
Pelamydrus platurus – Schmidt & Davis, 1941
Pelamis platura – Böhme, 2003