Pelagic Sea Snake Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Hydrophis platurus
Family : Elapidae
Order : Squamata
Class : Reptilia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Yellow- bellied Sea Snake
Habitat : Marine
Description : The body of Pelagic Sea Snake is compressed and the head is narrow with an elongated snout.Colors of the snake are variable having black above and yellow or brown below.Ventrally there may be a series of black spots or bars.Female larger than male. This sea snake is fully pelagic and spends its entire life in the open ocean. They feed on small fish and eels and are able to drink saltwater due to a specialized gland in their mouth that filters out the salt.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Bungarus lividus
(Lesser Black Krait) -
Naja kaouthia
(Monocled Cobra) -
Laticaudata laticaudata
(Black-banded sea krait,) -
Hydrophis schistosus
(Hook-nosed Sea Snake) -
Naja naja
(Binocellate Cobra) -
Hydrophis stokesii
(Stokes’ Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis obscurus
(Russell’s Sea Snake) -
Hydrophis stricticollis
(Collared Sea Snake) -
Laticauda colubrina
(Yellow-lipped Sea Krait) -
Bungarus fasciatus
(Banded Krait)
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description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:wikipedia.org; photo credit:Tyrone Ping (www.inaturalist.org/people/Tyrone Ping ), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka ; information source:wikipedia.org; photo credit:Tyrone Ping (www.inaturalist.org/people/Tyrone Ping ), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.