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Banded sea krait
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yellow-lipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina, L. colubrina, Colubrine sea krait, Yellow-lipped sea krait
species of reptile
Species
Least Concernyellow-lipped sea krait
Species
- PhylumChordata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyElapidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Laticauda
- Image
- Serpiente marina de hocico ancho (Laticauda colubrina), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 04.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Laticauda colubrina
- Commons category
- Laticauda colubrina
- Commons gallery
- Laticauda colubrina
- taxon common name
- 蓝灰扁尾海蛇
- short name
- L. colubrina
- taxon author citation
- Schneider, 1799
- taxon range
- China
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Encyclopedic overview
The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait or colubrine sea krait, is a species of highly venomous snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming.
It spends much of its time under water to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce. It has very potent neurotoxic venom, which it uses to prey on eels and small fish. Because of its affinity to land, the yellow-lipped sea krait often encounters humans, but the snake is not aggressive and only attacks when feeling threatened.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banded sea krait” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.