| s.no. |
family |
sub_family |
genus |
genus_author |
scientific_name |
species_author |
common_name |
| 1 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Astrotia |
Fischer 1856 |
Astrotia stokesii |
(Gray, 1846) |
Stokes Sea Snake/ Large Headed Sea Snake |
| 2 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Enhydrina |
Gray 1849 |
Enhydrina schistosa |
(Daudin, 1803) |
Common Sea Snake/ Hook-nosed Sea Snake/ Beaked Sea Snake |
| 3 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1802 |
Hydrophis caerulescens |
(Shaw, 1802) |
Many-toothed Sea Snake/ Malacca Sea Snake/ Blue Sea Snake |
| 4 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1803 |
Hydrophis stricticollis |
(Gunther, 1864) |
Gunther’s Sea Snake/ Bengal Sea Snake/ Collared or Narrow-necked Sea Snake |
| 5 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1804 |
Hydrophis cyanocinctus |
Daudin, 1803 |
Chittul or Annulated Sea Snake/ Blue-banded Sea Snake |
| 6 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1805 |
Hydrophis fasciatus |
(Schneider, 1799) |
Banded Sea Snake/ Striped Sea Snake |
| 7 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1806 |
Hydrophis lapemoides |
(Gray, 1849) |
Persian Gulf Sea Snake |
| 8 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1807 |
Hydrophis mamillaris |
(Daudin, 1803) |
Bombay Gulf Sea Snake/ Bombay Broad-banded Sea Snake |
| 9 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1808 |
Hydrophis nigrocinctus |
Daudin, 1803 |
Daudin’s Sea Snake / Black-banded Sea Snake |
| 10 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1809 |
Hydrophis obscurus |
(Daudin,1803) |
Estuarine Sea Snake |
| 11 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1810 |
Hydrophis oranatus |
(Gray, 1842) |
Gray’s Sea Snake/ Cochin Banded Sea Snake/ Ornate Sea Snake |
| 12 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1811 |
Hydrophis spiralis |
(Shaw, 1802) |
Yellow Sea Snake |
| 13 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1812 |
Hydrophis gracilis |
(Shaw, 1802) |
Common Small-headed Sea Snake |
| 14 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Hydrophis |
Latreille 1813 |
Hydrophis cantoris |
Gunther, 1864 |
Cantor’s Narrow-headed Sea Snake |
| 15 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Kerilia |
Gray 1849 |
Kerilia jerdonii |
(Gray,1849) |
Jerdon’s Sea Snake |
| 16 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Lapemis |
Gray 1835 |
Lapemis curtus |
(Shaw, 1802) |
Shaw’s Sea Snake/ Short Sea Snake |
| 17 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Pelamis |
Daudin 1803 |
Pelamis platurus |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake/ Pelagic Sea Snake/ Black& Yellow Sea Snake |
| 18 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
HYDROPHIINAE (True Sea Snakes) |
Praescutata |
Wall 1921 |
Praescutata viperina |
(Schmidt, 1852) |
Viperine Sea Snake/ Olive Sea Snake |
| 19 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
LATICAUDINAE (Amphibious Sea Snakes / Sea Kraits) |
Laticauda |
Laurenti 1768 |
Laticauda colubrina |
(Schneider,1799) |
Yellow-lipped Sea Krait/ Colubrine Amphibious Sea Snake. |
| 20 |
HYDROPHIIDAE |
LATICAUDINAE (Amphibious Sea Snakes / Sea Kraits) |
Laticauda |
Laurenti 1769 |
Laticauda laticaudata |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
Banded Sea Krait/ Common Sea Krait |
| 21 |
ACROCHORDIDAE (File Snakes) |
|
Acrochordus |
Hornstedt 1787 |
Acrochordus granulatus |
(Schneider, 1799) |
File Sea Snake/ Elephant trunk Snake/ Indian Wart Snake |
| 22 |
COLUBRIDAE |
HOMALOPSINAE (Mud Snakes) |
Cerberus |
Cuvier 1829 |
Cerberus rynchops |
(Schneider, 1799) |
Dog-faced Water Snake/ Bockadam |