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- Group
- Sea snake
- Habitat
- Open water
- Family
- Elapidae
The yellow-bellied sea snake is an extremely venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.
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Behaviour
Black above and yellow below. Lives in open water and travels with the ocean currents -- the only sea snake to have reached Hawaii.