Estuarine sea snake
The estuarine sea snake ("Hydrophis vorisi)", also known commonly as Kharin's sea snake, is a species of marine venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to waters around the northern tip of Australia in the Torres Strait. Etymology. The specific name, "vorisi", is in honor of American herpetologist Harold Knight Voris (born 1940). Habitat. The preferred natural habitat of "H. vorisi" is the neritic zone. Reproduction. "H. vorisi" is viviparous.