Photo of a Striped Sea Snake (Hydrophis fasciatus)
Photo: Mayur Fulmali, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Striped Sea Snake

Hydrophis fasciatus

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Sea Snake
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Hydrophis
Continents
Asia
Countries
10
How common
Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist

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About

Striped Sea Snake (Hydrophis fasciatus) is a venomous sea snake of the family Elapidae, found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 10 more. Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist.

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.

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