Banded Sea Krait
Laticauda colubrina
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,082
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-lipped sea krait”.