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Beaked sea snake

Enhydrina schistosa

Photo by Elsa
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Field Notes

Description:

Beaked seasnakes are highly venomous sea snakes that are commonly seen in mangroves.

Habitat:

Mangroves

Notes:

I encountered this snake pretty much on every snorkel I did in the Lahoa mangrove channels. This species appears less docile than the more commonly sighted banded sea crait. The seasnakes are part of the cobra family - but usually even more venomous then their land based cousins.

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Elsa
Just found yet another photo of this spotting. Can any snake experts (mitchray??) verify this ID?
Elsa
Added a new photo to this spotting.
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PublishedMay 8, 2011

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