Hydrophis belcheri Faint-banded seasnake

Hydrophis belcheri is commonly referred to as Faint-banded seasnake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

7164 

AphiaID:

344049 

Scientific:

Hydrophis belcheri 

German:

Belchers Seeschlange, Blassgebänderte Seeschlange 

English:

Faint-banded Seasnake 

Category:

Reptiler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > belcheri (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

31.5" - 48.03" (80cm - 122cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hydrophis atriceps
• 
  Hydrophis belcheri
  Belchers Seeschlange, Blassgebänderte Seeschlange
• Hydrophis bituberculatus
• Hydrophis brookii
• Hydrophis caerulescens
• Hydrophis cantoris
• 
  Hydrophis coggeri
  Coggers Seeschlange, Schwarzkopf Seeschlange, Dünnhals-Seeschlange
• Hydrophis curtus
• Hydrophis cyanocinctus
• Hydrophis czeblukovi
• Hydrophis donaldi
• Hydrophis elegans
• Hydrophis fasciatus
• Hydrophis gracilis
• Hydrophis hardwickii
• Hydrophis hendersoni
• Hydrophis inornatus
• Hydrophis jerdonii
• Hydrophis kingii
• Hydrophis klossi
• Hydrophis laboutei
• Hydrophis lamberti
• 
  Hydrophis lapemoides
  Arabischer Golf Seeschlange
• Hydrophis macdowelli
• 
  Hydrophis major
  Große Ruderschlange,Olivenköpfige Seeschlange
• Hydrophis mamillaris
• Hydrophis melanocephalus
• Hydrophis melanosoma
• Hydrophis nigrocinctus
• Hydrophis obscurus
• Hydrophis ornatus
• Hydrophis pachycercos
• Hydrophis pacificus
• Hydrophis parviceps
• 
  Hydrophis peronii
  Perons Seeschlange, Hornruderschlange, Stachelkopf-Seeschlange
• 
  Hydrophis platurus
  Plättchen-Seeschlange, Gelbbauch Seeschlange
• Hydrophis schistosus
• Hydrophis semperi
• Hydrophis sibauensis
• 
  Hydrophis spiralis
  Gelbe Seeschlange
• Hydrophis stokesii
• Hydrophis stricticollis
• Hydrophis torquatus
• Hydrophis viperinus
• Hydrophis vorisi
• Hydrophis zweifeli
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-18 17:50:04 

Last edit:

2025-12-23 14:04:08 

Toxicity

Hydrophis belcheri is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Hydrophis belcheri, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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