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The blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata), also known as the blue-banded sea krait or common sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Yellow-lipped sea krait, Laticauda colubrina. Most sea snakes are completely aquatic and have adapted to sea environments in many ways, the most characteristic of which is a paddle-like tail that has improved their swimming ability. [10] To a varying degree, the bodies of many species are laterally compressed, especially in the pelagic species.
Eight species are currently recognised as being valid. [15] [16] Laticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799) – yellow-lipped sea krait; Laticauda crockeri Slevin, 1934 – Crocker's sea snake; Laticauda frontalis (De Vis, 1905) Laticauda guineai Heatwole, Busack & Cogger, 2005 – Guinea's sea krait [17] Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
Cantor's narrow-headed sea snake, Cantor's small-headed sea snake H. coggeri (Kharin, 1984) 0 slender-necked sea snake, Cogger's sea snake [2] Western Australia: H. curtus (Shaw, 1802) 0 Shaw's sea snake, short sea snake, Hardwicke's sea snake, spine-bellied sea snake H. cyanocinctus: Daudin, 1803 0 annulated sea snake, blue-banded sea snake H ...
Hydrophis cyanocinctus, commonly called the annulated sea snake or the blue-banded sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. [ 2 ] Description
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• Sea snake (bottom right) Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas, sea snakes, sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. [1]