page_title: Blue-lipped sea krait
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Blue-lipped sea krait / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: A Blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata) in Ko Samui. Thailand.
context_page_description: The blue-lipped sea krait, blue-banded sea krait, or common sea krait is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae, family Elapidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
context_section_description: Ventral scales of this snake are large, one-third to more than one-half the width of the body; the nostrils are lateral; nasal scales are separated by internasals; 19 longitudinal rows of imbricate scales are found at midbody; no azygous prefrontal shield is present; rostral scales are undivided; ventrals number 225-243; subcaudals number 38–47 in males, females have 30–35 (ventral and subcaudal counts after Smith 1943:443). The upper lip is dark brown. Total length varies with sex: males are 910 mm (36 in), females are 1,070 mm (42 in); tail lengths are similar: 110 mm (4.3 in).
caption: L. laticaudata hunting in the coral reefs offshore in Ko Samui, Thailand.
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