Hydrophis curtus, Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake
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Hydrophis curtus   (Shaw, 1802)

Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake
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Hydrophis curtus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Squamata | Elapidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 74990).  Tropical; 49°N - 58°S (Ref. 356)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 55.8, range 33 - 113 cm Max length : 128 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2352); common length : 100.0 cm SVL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2352)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters. Ovoviviparous. Feeds on fish (Ref. 801).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gritis, P. and H.K. Voris 1990 Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus. Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series No. 56:1-13. (Ref. 82760)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 March 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.6 - 29.2, mean 28.4 (based on 3226 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.41-0.97).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.