Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Banded Sea Krait
Laticauda colubrina
Banded Sea Krait
Also known as: Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait
Category: Sea Kraits
Scientific Name: Laticauda colubrina
Size: Up to 6 ft. (180 cm)  
Depth: 0-100 ft. (0-30 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass) Tetrapod
  └Reptilia (Superclass) Reptiles
   └Squamata (Order) Snakes
    └Serpentes (Suborder) Snakes
     └Elapidae (Family)
      └Laticaudinae (Subfamily) Sea Kraits
       └Laticauda (Genus)
        └L. colubrina (Species)
WoRMS ID: 344083🔗
iNaturalist ID: 68343🔗

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