Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue-Lipped Sea krait
Laticauda laticaudata
Blue-Lipped Sea krait
Also known as: Blue-Banded Sea Krait
Category: Sea Kraits
Scientific Name: Laticauda laticaudata
Size: Up to 6 ft. (180 cm)  
Depth: 0-100 ft. (0-30 m)
Distribution: West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  └Reptilia (Superclass)
   └Squamata (Order)
    └Serpentes (Suborder)
     └Elapidae (Family)
      └Laticaudinae (Subfamily)
       └Laticauda (Genus)
        └L. laticaudata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 344087🔗
iNaturalist ID: 35239🔗

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