Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Laticauda colubrina

Description

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait are sea ​​snake rather large, blue gray on top, lighter color on the bottom, with black stripes encircling its entire body. the head is black, the lips and muzzle are yellow, cream or light gray. Very venomous and dangerous.

Population Size

Stable

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

Total length of males is less than 1 m and female up to 1.6 m.

Aq

Aquatic

Ca

Carnivore

No

Nocturnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Reptilia

ORDER

:

Squamata

FAMILY

:

Elapidae

GENUS

:

Laticauda

SPECIES

:

Laticauda colubrina

Distribution

They live in shallow waters from 0-10 m depth, especially clear waters around coral reefs, such as Nusa Dua and Tanah Lot, Bali

Geography

Continents : Asia, Australia

Country : Waters in Eastern India and Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia north of the Ryukyu islands in Japan, Indonesia, New Guinea, Northern Australia and Western Pacific to Fiji

Habits and Lifestyle

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait forages by examining holes and crevasses on the seabed, is very active at night but sometimes during the day. Good climbers, usually digesting food, shedding skin, reproducing, and resting on the beach, especially large rock crevices

Lifestyle

Nocturnal, Aquatic, Artificial

Biome

Seawaters

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Sea Krait feed on eels in shallow coastal waters

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

Oviparous females deposit their eggs on land, females reproduce annually by producing 5 to 13 eggs.

Reproduction session : every years

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 5-13 egss

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

The major threats to this species may include anthropogenic disturbances such as coastal development and habitat destruction. This includes loss of shore habitats required for laying eggs and digesting prey. This species is attracted to light and may be affected by lighting from hotels and beach shacks in developing areas (A. Lobo pers. comm.). There is anecdotal evidence that resort developments on some Fijian islands may have reduced population sizes of L. colubrina (M. Guinea pers. comm. cited by Marsh et al. 1993).

Population number​

This is a very widespread species. Although there are some threats, these do not appear to be causing significant declines at this time. Sea level rise may become an important threat to this species in the future. This is listed as Least Concern.

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Reference

  1. Lane, A., Guinea, M., Gatus, J. & Lobo, A. 2010. Laticauda colubrina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176750A7296975
  2. Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
  3. McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.