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Turtles & sea snakes

Stoke's Sea Snake

Hydrophis stokesii

Also known as: Astrotia stokesii, - No other name

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@fishx6 · Yeppoon, QLD, Australia · February 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, over coral and rocky reefs, of coastal bays and lagoons. When migrating, they form meter-long sticks, in their thousands! One of the heaviest, and stoutest sea snakes.

Sea snakes are reptiles that have adapted to life underwater, they breathe air through valved nostrils, the valves close when they dive down and open when they come up for air, they usually stay down for 20-30mins before coming up for air.
These snakes also give birth to live young.
Although they have a poisonous bite that can paralyse prey they are not normally aggressive and are usually inquisitive to divers.

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How to identify

Pattern
bandsrings

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, over coral and rocky reefs, of coastal bays and lagoons.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. orderSquamata
    4. familyElapidae
    5. genusHydrophis
    6. speciesHydrophis stokesii (Gray, 1846)

    SourcesWoRMSSeaLifeBase

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