Category:Hydrophis melanocephalus

**Hydrophis melanocephalus**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Data Deficient;
Common name
	English: Slender-necked Sea Snake; العربية: غيدقة سوداء الرأس; مصرى: غيدقه سوداء الراس; français: Hydrophis melanocephala; 日本語: クロガシラウミヘビ; 한국어: 먹대가리바다뱀; Diné bizaad: Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ tónteel tłʼiish; پنجابی: ہائیڈروفس میلانوسیفالس; 中文: 黑頭海蛇, 黑头海蛇; 中文（中国大陆）: 黑头海蛇; 中文（简体）: 黑头海蛇; 中文（繁體）: 黑頭海蛇; 中文（香港）: 黑頭海蛇; 中文（臺灣）: 黑頭海蛇;
Taxonomy
Infraclass	Elpistostegalia
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Reptilia
Infraclass	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder	Lepidosauria
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Infraorder	Alethinophidia
Parvorder	Caenophidia
Superfamily	Elapoidea
Family	Elapidae
Subfamily	Hydrophiinae
Genus	Hydrophis
Species
	Hydrophis melanocephalus; Gray, 1849
Authority file
	Q2703260; IUCN taxon ID: 176762; NCBI taxonomy ID: 34990; ITIS TSN: 700547; GBIF taxon ID: 5960356; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 344065; iNaturalist taxon ID: 35216; uBio ID: 7166397; IRMNG ID: 10365853
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Subclassis: Diapsida • Superordo: Lepidosauria • Ordo: Squamata • Subordo: Serpentes • Infraordo: Alethinophidia • Familia: Elapidae • Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae • Genus: Hydrophis • Species: Hydrophis melanocephalus Gray, 1849

Synonyms

Disteira orientalis Stejngeger, 1901 (from BioLib)
Hydrophis spiralis melanocephalus Gray, 1849 (from BioLib)
Leioselasma melanocephala (Gray, 1849) (from BioLib)
Microcephalophis melanocephalus (Gray, 1849) (from BioLib)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Hydrophis melanocephalus']