Are sea snakes poisonous? What kinds do you have?

Sea snake is a subfamily of the family Cobra, distributed in the coastal waters of Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan. Sea snakes feed on fish and shrimp, and sea snakes, like land snakes, also have high economic value. So are sea snakes poisonous? What kinds do you have?

Is the sea snake poisonous?

The highly poisonous sea snake belongs to the strongest animal poison. The hook-billed sea snake venom is twice as toxic as the cobra venom and 80 times as toxic as sodium cyanide. The sea snake bites people without pain, and its toxicity attack has an incubation period. After being bitten by a sea snake, there are no obvious symptoms of poisoning within 30 minutes or even 3 hours. However, this is dangerous and easy to cause carelessness. The person bitten may die within hours to days. The most poisonous animal in the world is the fine scale Taipan snake, known as the "king of poisonous snakes". The toxicity of the sea snake is almost tied with it as the most poisonous snake in the world. its venom is 20 times that of the king of the cobra. Its venom can kill 250000 white mice in 24 hours. Although the sea snake is highly poisonous, it also has natural enemies. Sea eagles and other carnivorous seabirds eat sea snakes. As soon as they see sea snakes swimming on the sea, they swoop down from the air. Pick up one and go away. although the sea snake is fierce, it has no ability to attack and can hardly defend itself once it leaves the water, and some sharks also feed on sea snakes.

What kinds of sea snakes are there?

1. Long-kissed sea snake

The long-snaked sea snake is the most widely distributed sea snake in the world, and it is also the only snake that can live in the ocean or even the deep sea all its life and breed in the sea. It is the only species of the genus long snakes under the family Serpidae. It is mainly distributed in the tropical waters of the world, with a body length of 50-70 cm, a maximum length of 1 meter, a narrow head and a long snout, and the length from the end of the snout to the eye is greater than the width between the eyes. The nostrils open at the back of the kiss, the valves are opened and closed, the torso and tail are flattened laterally, the back is dark brown or black, the abdomen is bright yellow, and there may be 5-10 maculae in the tail.

2. Blue and gray sea snake

The gray sea snake is a reptile of the genus Cobra, distributed from the Indian Ocean through the South China Sea to Indonesia to Australia and the coastal areas of Taiwan and Shandong along the Chinese mainland. The characteristics of ventral and dorsal scales are similar to those of the light gray sea snake. however, the dark ring of the trunk reaches the center of the abdomen to form a complete ring, and the dark ring is narrower than the light part from the side view.

3. Green Ring Sea Snake

The green ring sea snake is a kind of highly poisonous snake. the front groove tooth serpent is 1.5-2 meters long, the torso is slightly cylindrical and slender, the rear end and tail are flat, the back is dark gray, the abdomen is yellow or olive, and there are 55-80 black bands all over the body. It is good at swimming in the ocean, preying on fish and laying eggs, and is distributed in the coastal waters of Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan.

4. Ringed sea snake

The ringed sea snake is a highly venomous snake, a reptile of the genus Cobra, distributed in India, Myanmar, the Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Chinese mainland in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian and other places. The ringed sea snake has been listed in the list of terrestrial wildlife under national protection or with important economic and scientific research value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Conclusion: the above is about whether the sea snake is poisonous and what kinds of sea snakes are poisonous. I hope it will be helpful to friends in need!