Banded sea krait
Laticauda colubrina
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Laticauda
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 21 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 22 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 20 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 97 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records