Reptiles
Banded Sea Krait
Laticauda colubrina · Reptile — family Elapidae, subfamily Laticaudinae; an amphibious sea snake, also called the yellow-lipped sea krait
The banded sea krait commutes between worlds. It hunts eels in reef crevices on breath-holds that can pass half an hour, then hauls out on rocks and islets to digest, shed, drink fresh water, and lay eggs — a genuinely amphibious snake, paddle-tailed at one end and land-capable at the other. The venom is potently neurotoxic, and that fact sits beside another: unprovoked bites on divers are essentially unheard of. Kraits treat people as scenery, threading between fins and poking into holes mid-dive with total focus. The etiquette is correspondingly simple — never handle, never corner, and give a rising snake a clear lane to the surface, because it is on a breath just as you are. Females run far larger than males, and several look-alike kraits and true sea snakes share the range.
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| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sipadan & MabulMalaysia | Resident — seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo IslandPhilippines | Resident — seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Banda Sea & AmbonIndonesia | Resident — seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Bunaken & ManadoIndonesia | Resident — seen on most dives | 연중 가능 | |
| Beqa Lagoon & Pacific HarbourFiji | Resident — seen on most dives | 연중 가능 |
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이해하기
서식지: Coral reefs and adjacent shallows for hunting; rocks, islets, and shorelines for digesting, shedding, drinking, and egg-laying.
범위: Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific, from Sabah and the Philippines through Indonesia and New Guinea to Fiji and other Pacific islands.
행동 특성: A true amphibian commuter — forages underwater on breath-holds that can pass half an hour, then returns to land. Utterly indifferent to divers, often threading between fins mid-hunt.
먹이: Eels above all, hunted deep in reef crevices; large females take bigger conger and moray prey than males.
크기: 보통 0.9 m; 최대 기록 수심 1.5 m (total length; females run far larger than males).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
Give a hunting krait space to work and a rising one a clear lane to the surface — it is on a breath just as you are. Hands stay away, always.
보존
Listed Least Concern; localized pressure comes from coastal development of nesting shores and incidental capture in nets.
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