Olive Sea Snake

Lauren Chidester
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Aipysurus
Species: Aipysurus laevis
Black mamba –
Similarities: They are both venomous
Differences: The Black Mamba lives on land

Egyptian cobra
Similarities: They are both can unhinge their jaws
Differences: The cobras head is big and flat

Snouted cobra
Similarities: They both eat small prey
Differences: The Olive Sea Snake lives in water
The Olive Sea Snake can grow to be over six feet long.
It has a flattened, paddle-like tail for swimming.
It’s back is olive colored
But it’s stomach is white
The Olive Sea Snake is in no way sought after by fisherman.

Sometimes they get caught in shrimp traps that can

kill them.

No one fishes for the Olive Sea Snake

The do not migrate.
They do although live in Northern Australia and New Guinea.
They live amongst the coral reefs.
The Olive Sea Snake eats; crabs,
prawns,
and
small to medium sized fish
The Olive Sea Snake hides itself in corals and such to ambush its prey.
It hunts exclusively at night.
The Olive Sea Snake choses to live in warm,
costal waters in the
Indo-Pacific.
The reside on coral reefs,
lagoons,
and
rocky shores
The depth of the water tends to be
5-45 meters
The Olive Sea Snake gives live birth to 6-8 youthful snakes.
The spawn does not receive any parental care at all.
Five Facts On The OLIVE SEA SNAKE

1. It had one absolutely humungous lung that

lets it go hours under below the waves
2. It has a light sensing organ in its tail to
help it stay hidden during the daylight
3. They are often times found inquisitively approaching
Scuba divers.
4. The are incredibly venomous, though they rarely bite people.
But when they do it can be oh so fatal.
5. They are snakes that never leave the
sea. They are born in the water and
they will die in the water
Bibliography
• https://www.arkive.org/olive-brown-sea-snake/aipysurus-laevis/
• http://oceana.org/marine-life/sea-turtles-reptiles/olive-sea-snake
• http://www.mesa.edu.au/sea_snakes/sea_snakes02.asp
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/176704/0
• http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-
bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1120