Species under Laticauda
n= 8
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Laticauda colubrina
(Schneider, 1799)
Yellow-lipped sea krait Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic 150
Laticauda crockeri
Slevin, 1934
Crocker's sea snake Western Pacific
Laticauda frontalis
(De Vis, 1905)
Vanuatu sea krait Western Central Pacific 65
Laticauda guineai
Heatwole, Busack & Cogger, 2005
Western Central Pacific
Laticauda laticaudata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Brown-lipped sea krait Indo-West Pacific, Northwest Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea 136
Laticauda saintgironsi
Cogger & Heatwole, 2005
Saint giron's sea krait Indo-Pacific 109
Laticauda schistorhynchus
Günther, 1864
Indo-West Pacific, Northeast Atlantic, and the Mediterranean
Laticauda semifasciata
(Reinwardt, 1837)
Chinese sea snake Indo-West Pacific 120
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