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- Group
- Sea snake
- Habitat
- Reef
- Family
- Elapidae
The blue-lipped sea krait, also known as the blue-banded sea krait or common sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
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Behaviour
Banded like the yellow-lipped sea krait, but its upper lip is dark brown, not yellow -- the quickest way to tell the two apart.