#laticauda

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda laticaudata), family Elapidae, Indonesia

Venomous.

photograph by Koh Ke Han

[snototter]

A yellow lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) in Sulawesi, Indonesia

by Maxime Briola

[exotic-venom]

(Laticauda semifasciata) black-banded sea krait, or Chinese sea snake Mainly found in marine waters &/or on adjacent shores (land) from Indonesia to Japan. Often found in large numbers in rainy season, especially near or on rocky near-shore islands along east Asian coasts (Japan, China, etc.). Often caught in local fishermen’s nets (several in each cast of a net), & skins are sold.

Mainly neurotoxic & myotoxic. Tests on lab animals have shown the main effect is respiratory disfunction. Amount of venom available for injection by large individuals at each bite (17+ mg) makes these potentially dangerous. Apparently seldom bite or envenomate humans, & no human fatalities documented, so far, from bites by this species. 

[herpsandbirds]

Banded Sea Krait aka Yellow-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina), family Elapidae, Anilao, Philippines

Venomous.

photograph by Mimmo Roscigno

[herpsandbirds]

Banded Sea Krait aka Yellow-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina), family Elapidae, Anilao, Philippines

Venomous.

photograph by Nick Larghi

[herpsandbirds]

Black-banded Sea Krait (Laticauda semifasciata), family Elapidae, Gato Island, Philippines

Venomous.

photograph by Halvard Aas Midtun

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda laticaudata), family Elapidae, Bali, Indonesia

Venomous.

photograph by Koh Ke Han

[herpsandbirds]

Banded Sea Krait aka Yellow-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina), family Elapidae, Andaman Islands, India

Venomous.

photograph by Daimler