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Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina
 

 

Photographs by Ria Tan

 

 

 

Interesting Facts: Sea kraits spend most ot the time in the sea but they return to land to deposit eggs. They have tails that are flatten vertically. The Yellow-lipped Sea Krait is common in West Malaysia and Singapore. However, they are highly venomous.

Size: 150cm

Diet: Mainly eels.

Activity: Nocturnal

Habitat: Ocean.

References: A Photogrpahic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - Merel J. Cox