Laticauda semifasciata Chinese Sea Snake, Black Banded Sea Krait

Laticauda semifasciata is commonly referred to as Chinese Sea Snake, Black Banded Sea Krait. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

4442 

AphiaID:

344114 

Scientific:

Laticauda semifasciata 

German:

Seekobra 

English:

Chinese Sea Snake, Black Banded Sea Krait 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Reinwardt, 1837 

Occurrence:

Banda Sea, China, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 47.24" (120 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

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 19:34:02 

Last edit:

2023-01-03 16:22:56 

Toxicity

Laticauda semifasciata is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Laticauda semifasciata, 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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