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Hydrophis peronii Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake

Hydrophis peronii is commonly referred to as Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.


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Hydrophis peronii,Baie des Antennes - Ste Marie 2024


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lexID:
18030 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Hydrophis peronii 
German:
Perons Seeschlange, Hornruderschlange, Stachelkopf-Seeschlange 
English:
Horned Sea Snake, Peron's Sea Snake, Spiny-headed Seasnake 
Category:
Reptiler 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > peronii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Duméril, ), 1853 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indonesia, Northeast Atlantic, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Continental shelf, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Muddy grounds, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Stony soils 
Size:
27.56" - 51.18" (70cm - 130cm) 
Temperature:
25,4 °F - 29,3 °F (25,4°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-07 17:35:34 

Toxicity


Hydrophis peronii is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Hydrophis peronii, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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Hydrophis peronii (Duméril, 1853)

Feeds on a variety of fishes, like gobies and feeds also on commensal shrimps of the genus Alpheus sp.

Synonymised names
Acalyptophis peronii (Duméril, 1853) · unaccepted
Acalyptus peronii Duméril, 1853 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.01.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.01.2026.

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