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Scientific Name: Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Blackbanded Sea Krait
Local/Bangla Name: Kalobole Samudrik Keutey (কালোবলি সামুদ্রিক কেউটে)
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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae
Description:
Body is sub-cylindrical and Head black, with a curved yellow mark above, this colour often extends forwards to cover the whole of the snout and downwards behind the eye to reach the lip. Subcaudals 38-47 in male and 30-35 in the female. Anal divided. It has scale rows around neck and midbody 19 and ventrals 225 to 243, about four times as broad as long. Body light or dark bluish-grey above, yellowish below, with uniform broad black bands, some bands are incomplete below..
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal areas in association with the coral reefs
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (eds.) (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 25 Amphibians and Reptiles Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 204 pp.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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