Laticauda colubrina Columbrine Sea Krait, Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Laticauda colubrina is commonly referred to as Columbrine Sea Krait, Yellow-lipped Sea Krait. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

4441 

AphiaID:

344083 

Scientific:

Laticauda colubrina 

German:

Gelblippen-Seeschlange, Nattern-Plattschwanz 

English:

Columbrine Sea Krait, Yellow-lipped Sea Krait 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Laticauda (Genus) > colubrina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Schneider, ), 1799 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bunaken, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Size:

up to 59.06" (150 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Big fish, Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Laticauda colubrina
  Gelblippen-Seeschlange, Nattern-Plattschwanz
• Laticauda crockeri
• Laticauda frontalis
• Laticauda guineai
• Laticauda laticaudata
• Laticauda saintgironsi
• Laticauda schistorhynchus
• 
  Laticauda semifasciata
  Seekobra

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-11 19:26:18 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:22:33 

Toxicity

Laticauda colubrina is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Laticauda colubrina, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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