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Dark Blue-Banded Sea Snake
Polyodontognathus caerulescens
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Polyodontognathus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
About
Dark Blue-Banded Sea Snake (Polyodontognathus caerulescens) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in India. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 16 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Western Ghats Rainforest
- Eastern Ghats Dry Forest
- Himalayan Foothill Forest
- Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
Related snakes
- Managalas Plateau Snake Toxicocalamus pumehanae
- West African Banded Cobra Naja savannula
- Wall's Sind Krait Bungarus walli
- Toxicocalamus buegersi
- Western Turtle-headed Sea Snake Emydocephalus orarius
- Guangxi Coral Snake Sinomicrurus peinani
- Sinomicrurus nigriventer
- Pilbara Hooded Snake Suta gaikhorstorum
- Mt Simpson Forest Snake Toxicocalamus mattisoni
- Sinomicrurus houi
- Bighead Sea Snake Hydrophis annandalei
- Goodenough Island Forest Snake Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.