Sunday, August 5, 2012

Laticauda colubrina

Banded Sea Krait
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Hydrophiidae or Elapidae
Genus:Laticauda
Species:L. colubrina
Binomial name
Laticauda colubrina
(Schneider, 1799)
Banded Sea Kraits are white with black stripes. Or black with white stripes if you like to look at it that way.
They're a sea snake, highly venomous, but only aggressive when provoked repeatedly.

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