The yellow-lipped flat-tailed , or stingy sea krait [1] ( lat. Laticauda colubrina ) is a snake from the subfamily of sea snakes .
| Yellow-lipped flattail |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Caenophidia |
| Gender: | Planktails, sea kraits |
| View: | Yellow-lipped flattail |
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| International scientific name |
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Laticauda colubrina ( Schneider , 1799) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 176750 |
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Inhabits the waters from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia , as well as from India to the Solomon Islands .
Reaches 2 m in length. Oviparous.
Poisonous, but have a small mouth.
It feeds on fish ; the diet includes fish such as eels , yellowfin Caranx ( Caranx ignobilis ) and representatives of mullet (Mullidae).
They live on coral reefs , in coastal vegetation and among emissions in the surf . It is kept near the coast and is often found on land.
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 354. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
