Blue-lipped sea krait
UkulumaThe blue-lipped sea krait is a venomous sea snake. It lives in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, and it comes onto land to rest, shed its skin, mate and lay eggs. It is one of the most widespread sea kraits in the region.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- The upper lip is dark brown.1
- There are 19 rows of scales at the middle of the body.1
- The large belly scales are one-third to more than one-half the width of the body.1
- Males grow to about 91 cm in total length, and females to about 107 cm.1
- The tail is about 11 cm long.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with other Laticauda sea kraits. The 19 rows of body scales and the dark brown upper lip can be used to tell it apart from them.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.
Ukuba siyaluma
- Ukubopha ngoxinzelelo nokunqanda ukushukuma (pressure immobilisation): songa ibhandeji eqinileyo enwebekayo phezu kwendawo elunyiweyo uze unyuke ngelungu lonke, uliqinise ngesiplinti, kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi kwaphela de kufike uncedo.
- Khupha umntu emanzini kwaye umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileni
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-6 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-45U-Blue-lipped sea krait mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
This snake is known to warm up in the burrows of wedge-tailed shearwater seabirds.1
A single animal was found in Devonport, New Zealand, in 2011 and again in January 2025, far outside its usual range. It died shortly after being taken to Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium.1
Moving between water and land exposes it to rapid temperature changes, so it often seeks shade from direct sunlight.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Laticauda laticaudata
- Iqela
- Iinyoka zaselwandle
- Usapho
- Elapidae2
- Ucwangco
- Squamata
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- Lays eggs on land.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Blue-lipped sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Laticauda laticaudata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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