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Only one species, the Banded Sea Krait - Laticauda colubrina is still equipped with ventral plates to navigate on land, and this species comes ashore to lay eggs. Males have two penises, named hemipenes, with only one used at each mating.
Common Name: Banded Sea Snake
Scientific Name: Laticauda colubrina
Snake Family: Elapidae
Sub-Family: Hydrophiinae ("true" Sea Snakes)
Description: Shades of Light Blue with Black bands that look like black rings running the full length of their bodies.
Characteristics: Not known to be aggressive but will defend themselves when threatened.
Reproduction: Viviparous (bearing live young) and breed from spring to fall giving birth to as many as 14 young from late summer to early fall.
Length: 75-200 centimeters (Approx. 2.5-6.5 ft)
Habitat Distribution: Common in oceanic coastal waters of Australia, New Guinea, Pacific Islands, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Japan. Absent in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean north of Baja.
Subspecies - There are Five (5) major groups of Sea Snakes:
Hydrophiids: True Sea Snakes (54 Species) evolving 30 million years ago from terrestrial Elapids with Fixed Front Fangs.
Laticaudids: Sea Kraits (5 Species) four of which are marine. Strongly banded, common in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Acrochordids: File Snakes (3 Species). Only one species is fully marine. Non-Venomous giving birth to live young.
Homalopsids: Mangrove Snakes evolved from the Colubridae family. Venomous but rear-fanged found in tropical Asian and northern Australian waters.
Natricids: Salt Marsh Snakes (3 Species) also evolved from the Colubridae family. Not venomous and confined to salt marsh environments in temperate and sub-tropical North America.
Only one species, the Banded Sea Krait - Laticauda colubrina is still equipped with ventral plates to navigate on land, and this species comes ashore to lay eggs. Males have two penises, named hemipenes, with only one used at each mating.
Common Name: Banded Sea Snake
Scientific Name: Laticauda colubrina
Snake Family: Elapidae
Sub-Family: Hydrophiinae ("true" Sea Snakes)
Description: Shades of Light Blue with Black bands that look like black rings running the full length of their bodies.
Characteristics: Not known to be aggressive but will defend themselves when threatened.
Reproduction: Viviparous (bearing live young) and breed from spring to fall giving birth to as many as 14 young from late summer to early fall.
Length: 75-200 centimeters (Approx. 2.5-6.5 ft)
Habitat Distribution: Common in oceanic coastal waters of Australia, New Guinea, Pacific Islands, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Japan. Absent in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean north of Baja.
Subspecies - There are Five (5) major groups of Sea Snakes:
Hydrophiids: True Sea Snakes (54 Species) evolving 30 million years ago from terrestrial Elapids with Fixed Front Fangs.
Laticaudids: Sea Kraits (5 Species) four of which are marine. Strongly banded, common in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Acrochordids: File Snakes (3 Species). Only one species is fully marine. Non-Venomous giving birth to live young.
Homalopsids: Mangrove Snakes evolved from the Colubridae family. Venomous but rear-fanged found in tropical Asian and northern Australian waters.
Natricids: Salt Marsh Snakes (3 Species) also evolved from the Colubridae family. Not venomous and confined to salt marsh environments in temperate and sub-tropical North America.
