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The yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus) is found in the open ocean from Africa eastward across the Pacific to the west coast of the Americas. It spends all its life in marine environments. It feeds and gives birth far from any coastline and is helpless if washed ashore, whereas other sea snakes live in coastal waters of estuaries and coral reefs.
Sea snakes are extremely venomous in order to be 100% efficient in quickly immobilizing fish in the water without risking the prey escaping or struggling. On rare occasions, critically envenomated victims of yellow-bellied sea snakes may die from muscle paralysis that leads to respiratory failure.
N.B.: This snake was found at the seashore of a remote island at the Bay of Bengal, probably washed ashore during the tide. It was carried back to the sea in shallow water. Mysteriously though, it seemed reluctant to stay at the shore, so was not carried into the deep water but kept in a suitable water depth so that it can swim back to the sea if it wishes to.
It would be highly appreciated if you share your knowledge regarding this phenomenon, why it wanted to stay at shore. TIA
Goa, India
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Once upon a time a young sea snake-monster visited a country it had never seen before, but heard legends about.
It took a long time to get there and when he did he found a nice sandy spot on a beach to rest, as he was very tired.
That's where I found him - sunbathing happily. I left him to it, but took a few shots to show you ;-)
Taken on Himatangi beach, NZ.
>> Here are more of my beach finds on flickr, including another of the sea snake-monster :-)
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Hydrophis platurus - Serpiente marina amarilla
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This part of the Coral Sea supports one of the biggest populations on the planet. Every dive at Marion Reef was a sea snake dive, from the reef edge to the shallow lagoon. What a joy it was to swim with these very curious serpents.
They feed on fish, eels, shrimps, crabs or worms depending on the species. The snake bites its prey and injects venom with its sharp fangs. The fast-acting venom stuns or kills the victim allowing it to be consumed safely.
In the past, it was thought that their small mouths couldn’t penetrate a wetsuit. This may be true for a few species, but now it is considered that the majority of snakes have a mouth large enough to infiltrate a 3mm wetsuit. The main reason that they don’t pose a threat to divers is that they are not aggressive, and would rather flee than bite something they are not going to eat. They will bite to defend themselves, but even then they rarely inject venom.
If you are interested in our story of our cruise to Marion Reef 400km east of the Australian coast go to our boating blog .http
The largest seasnake I've ever seen! I am guessing this adult seasnake was about 1,5 metres (5 feet) long. Although the banded seasnake has a deadly poison for humans (it needs a deadly venom to instantly kill the fish it seeks hiding in the coral) it's fangs are really short and in the back of it's mouth and will not easily penetrate human skin or a wetsuit. Will only attack when extremely provoked (such as pestering or holding it).
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The elegant sea snake (Hydrophis elegans) is a highly venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. They are found off the coast of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
The elegant sea snake is a medium, and slender animal growing to a length of 2 meters (6.6 feet), although in 2008 one was found at a length of 2.6 meters (8.5 feet). Like many other sea snakes, the elegant sea snake has a laterally compressed tail that aids in swimming.
These sea snakes can have up to 44 dorsal bands that are grayish black to black that span across the whole length of the body. They have large head scales, and like many other sea snakes, they have nostril valves to prevent water from getting into their lungs while diving.
The body scales are imbricate, and in 37–49 rows at the mid-body. The ventral scales are usually undivided and about as wide as, or slightly wider than, neighboring scales of which there are approximately 345–432.
This image was taken from the safety of the Promenade Deck on the Crown Princess, off the coast of Queensland in Australia.
Coonarr beach Bundaberg
Australia
Elegant Sea Snake
Green Toad fish [bottom left]
Mullet [bottom right]
Baby pearl shell [center right]
Sea snakes (Elapidae, subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) reach high species richness in the South China Sea and in the Australian region; however, most countries in the two regions still lack up-to-date checklists and identification tools
for these snakes.
This is one of the 29 species documented together with a further 4 possibly occurring taxa and is based mostly on easy-to-use external characters.
This image was taken in the Arafura Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia
New Caledonian Sea Krait (Laticauda saintgironsi), Amedee Island, New Caledonia
The New Caledonian sea krait (Laticauda saintgironsi ) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae native to the waters around New Caledonia. The species is endemic to New Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands. Its diet consists of non-spiny anguilliform fish, with the lipspot moray Gymnothorax chilospilus representing about half of the prey.
Source: Wikipedia
The dreaded Light Seasnake, found in waters in every hemisphere, but, rarely seen at night. This deadly specimen was recently spotted off shore at Port Bruce, on Lake Erie. A solitary member of the reptile family, the Light Seasnake usually kills its prey by attracting it into the water by its natural beauty, then drowning its meal.
Stokes's sea snake is one of the heaviest and stoutest seasnakes, with the longest fangs of any marine snake. Its fangs are long enough to pierce a wetsuit. Its mid-ventral scales are enlarged to form a distinct keel on its belly, the keel frequently broken up into two wart-like tubercles. A. stokesii is highly variable in colour, ranging from cream to brown to black, often with broad black dorsal cross bands, or black rings.
Rostral as deep as broad; nasals shorter than the frontal, more than twice as long as the suture between the prefrontals; frontal longer than broad, as long as or slightly longer than its distance from the rostral scale; one pre- and two postoculars, 9 or 10 upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth catering the eye, if not divided to form a series of suboculars; two or three superposed anterior temporals; no chin-shields. 39 to 47 scales round the neck, 48 to 53 round the middle of the body. Ventral scales usually distinct only quite anteriorly, further back in pairs and not larger than the adjoining scales; scales much imbricate, pointed.
Total length 1.5 metres (5 ft).
This image was taken in the Java Sea, as I cruised from Lombok in Indonesia to Singapore
Coonarr beach Bundaberg
Australia
Venomous snakes do not always inject venom when biting, those bites are called dry bites, however due to the extremely high toxicity of the venom of this species, it is vital that first aid is performed immediately (constrictive bandage etc.) and the patient is taken as fast as possible to hospital. Lack of symptoms may not mean that the victim has not been envenomated.
Correct and immediate first aid and treatment for this species and other dangerous snakes increases the chance of survival.
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the majority of sea snakes are highly venomous.
good news:
however, when bites occur, it is rare for much venom to be injected, so that envenomation symptoms usually seem non-existent or trivial.
-wiki
Tongues out 👅
A Tricot Rayé or New Caledonia Sea Krait.
These guys were everywhere on îlot Maître and I just loved watching them go about their day.
Hydrophis platurus - Serpiente marina amarilla
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Le squelette du serpent face aux paquebots en construction sur la rive opposée.
Mindin, le 11 janvier 2018.
There are loads of Sea Snakes on the Yongala. The Olive Sea Snake - Aipysurus laevis - is the most common, but there were also Horned Sea Snakes around as well too. Although the OliveSea Snake is highly venomous, its a docile and inquisitive critter.
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake - Serpiente marina amarilla
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus
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The elegant sea snake is a highly venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. They are found off the coast of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. The elegant sea snake is a medium, and slender animal growing to a length of 2 meters, although in 2008 one was found at a length of 2.6 meters
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"Night's fabric, sewn with silver
Flowing sky and sea as one
Full and empty, nothing and everything
I feel not lost in your depths
But at home in them."
— Laurita
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