Sealife guideThe banded sea snakeLaticauda colubrina

Taxonomy

Common name: Banded sea snake
French name: Cobra de mer
Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799)
Family name: Elapidae
Order name: Serpentes
Class name: Sea reptiles

Did you know ?

The banded sea snake is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The banded sea snake appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

The banded sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) © Ethan Daniels | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Black-banded sea krait
(Laticauda semifasciata)

Within the same family

Olive sea snake
(Aipysurus laevis)

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