Hydrophis [Leioselasma] semperi Garman, 1881

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Lake Taal Sea snake

Hydrophis semperi Garman, 1881:85 .— Smith, 1926:63.— McCarthy, 1993c:240.— David and Ineich, 1999:118.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:511, fig. 46.

Leioselasma semperi, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:360 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Lake Taal, Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: MCZ 4352.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 18D [p. 129]).— Luzon (Prov.: Batangas [Lake Taal]).

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

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v); D2 [2016] ver. 3.1.