Unlike strictly aquatic sea snakes, the black-banded sea krait is semi-terrestrial and regularly comes onto land to rest and breed. It mostly feeds on eels and small fish in coral reef habitats.

Sea snakes and sea kraits are under threat from humans. Historically, black-banded sea kraits, Laticauda semifasciata, were hunted for their meat, skin and organs in the Philippines and Japanese ...

Sea snake bites usually happen when a snake feels trapped and stressed out; one banded sea krait fatally bit a man in 2018 after a fishing net ensnared it. Most sea snakes inject their venom ...

The sea harbors some of the world's deadliest venomous sea snakes, including the black-banded sea krait, olive-headed sea snake, and others. Despite their potent venom, human encounters are rare ...