Hydrophis [Leioselasma] coggeri Kharin, 1984

Cogger’s Sea Snake; Pacific Yellow-banded Sea Snake; Slender-necked Sea Snake

Leioselasma coggeri Kharin, 1984a:1538, fig. b.— David and Ineich, 1999:107.— Rasmussen, 2001:4002, figs.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:358.

Hydrophis coggeri, Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:504 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Port Suva, Fiji Ids. Holotype ZISP 19681.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— said to occur in the Philippines (Rasmussen [2001:4002] and distribution map; also Zug [2013:229]) but most likely H. melanocephalus (see Rasmussen et al. [2011:6]).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— north coast of Australia, New Caledonia, east to Vanuatu and Fiji.

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