Slender-necked sea snake

slender-necked sea snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species:
H. coggeri
Binomial name
Hydrophis coggeri
(Kharin, 1984)
Synonyms
  • Leioselasma coggeri
    Kharin, 1984
  • Hydrophis coggeri
    Bauer & Vindum, 1990

The slender-necked sea snake (Hydrophis coggeri), also known commonly as Cogger's sea snake, is a species of marine venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters around western Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean.