Hydrophis [Chitulia] lamberti Smith, 1917

Lambert’s Sea Snake

Hydrophis lamberti Smith, 1917:340 .— Rasmussen, 1989:410.— David and Ineich, 1999:112.— Rasmussen et al., 2011:6.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:507.

Hydrophis ornatus, (part) Smith, 1926:81.— Dunson and Minton, 1978:281.— Minton, 1978:151.

Chitulia lamberti, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:163 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Bight of Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.20 (formerly BMNH 1921.2.11.13 ’ fide Smith [1926:83]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 18A [p. 129]).— Gigantes Ids. (Prov.: Iloilo), Luzon (Manila Bay).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam.

REMARKS.— We have tentatively assigned this species to Hydrophis consistent with the treatments of Hydrophis and related nominal genera by Sanders et al. (2013:583) and Pyron et al. (2013).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.