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Aipysurus laevis (Olive-brown seasnake)

Synonyms: Aipysurus fuliginosus; Aipysurus laevis laevis; Hypotropis jukesii; Smithsohydrophis laevis

Wikipedia Abstract

Aipysurus laevis is a species of venomous sea snake found in the Indo-Pacific. Its common names include golden sea snake, olive sea snake, and olive-brown sea snake. The olive sea snake swims using a paddle-like tail. Appearance wise it has brownish and purple scales along the top of its body whilst its underside is a white color. It can grow up to a meter in length, and in some cases up to two meters. While it can be aggressive towards prey, attacks on divers or larger animals are usually rare, though if provoked it will engage the attacker. The main predators of the snake are sharks and ospreys.
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Infraspecies

Aipysurus laevis pooleorum

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.863 lbs (3.113 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  15 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Prey / Diet

Lutjanus lutjanus (Yellow snapper)[3]
Plotosus lineatus (Striped eel catfish)[3]
Stenopus hispidus (redbanded coral shrimp, 'opae-huna)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Harmotrema laticaudae[4]
Paraheterotyphlum australe[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0