They even give birth to young in the water. This group otherwise contains land-based snakes such as cobras and mambas. There are also eight species of sea krait, Laticauda, a semi-aquatic group of ...

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.

But these islands aren’t entirely snake-free. Sea kraits sometimes come ashore to lay their eggs. Occasionally non-native species have been found on isolated islands, most likely having been ...