What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake been recorded?

Emydocephalus annulatus occurrence evidence comes from 13 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1973 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.

Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake
Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake — Photo (display-sized rendition): IG: divecycle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SquamataElapidaeEmydocephalus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

13 records across 3 countries and territories, 1973–2025.

Emydocephalus annulatus · GBIF taxon key 2449679

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19732025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 9
Philippines 3
New Caledonia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Elapidae.

Flat-tail Sea Snake
1 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.