A venomous sea snake with a compressed tail, occurring in tropical coastal waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific, coming ashore to bask and breed.
海金环蛇（产于东印度洋、西太平洋热带海域的一种毒蛇）
Genus Laticauda, family Elapidae: two species
Example sentencesExamples
‘The yellow-lipped sea krait is so tame and docile that the venomous animals can be collected by the handful,’ says the reptile ecologist, pictured on the left.
Most sea snakes bear their young live in the water, but the banded sea krait lays eggs on land, either on the sand or just under it.
However, in some areas, snakes such as the yellow-lipped sea krait, Laticauda colubrina, have been heavily exploited by the international leather industry.
The banded sea krait comes to the shore for laying eggs.
Included in the data set were all the available sea snake and sea krait sequences and representative terrestrial snake sequences.
Definition of sea krait in US English:
sea krait
noun
A venomous sea snake with a compressed tail, occurring in tropical coastal waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific, coming ashore to bask and breed.
海金环蛇（产于东印度洋、西太平洋热带海域的一种毒蛇）
Genus Laticauda, family Elapidae: two species
Example sentencesExamples
‘The yellow-lipped sea krait is so tame and docile that the venomous animals can be collected by the handful,’ says the reptile ecologist, pictured on the left.
However, in some areas, snakes such as the yellow-lipped sea krait, Laticauda colubrina, have been heavily exploited by the international leather industry.
The banded sea krait comes to the shore for laying eggs.
Included in the data set were all the available sea snake and sea krait sequences and representative terrestrial snake sequences.
Most sea snakes bear their young live in the water, but the banded sea krait lays eggs on land, either on the sand or just under it.