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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"상주종"은 해당 목적지에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 뜻이고, "계절종"은 표기된 달에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 계획이 아닌 보너스로 여기세요.
| 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 |
한눈에 보는 최적의 달
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.
관련 다이브 사이트 목록
강조 표시된 사이트는 편집팀이 해당 종에 대해 직접 등록한 곳이며, 숫자는 1990년 이후 사이트 기준 약 5km 이내에서 기록된 GBIF 출현 건수입니다.
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