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Annulated Sea Snake
Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated Sea Snake · マダラウミヘビ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A body length of 136 cm is roughly waist-high on an adult human (Comparison).
- 💡 It is a sea snake known to occasionally reach Korean waters when sea temperatures rise in summer (domestic distribution in the National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Annulated Sea Snake is a sea snake living in the East China Sea, South China Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Japan, whose ecology is scarcely known.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is yellowish-brown with 75 bluish-green crossbands on the back and 8 on the tail. Its head is greenish-brown, and its body is long and slender, especially toward the front, though less slender than Meokdaegaribadabaem (a Korean animal name).
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
The National List of Species of Korea notes that almost nothing is known about its ecology. When seawater temperatures rise in summer, some individuals are known to move northward.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as "Eollukbadabaem" (Korean name) in the National List of Species of Korea; some individuals are known to move into Korean waters when sea temperatures rise in summer, though specific details are lacking.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2010) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176726/7291386
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 3N88Z
- • iucnredlist.org — 7291386
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000059498 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000059498
- • wikidata.org — Q2355580
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Hydrophis cyanocinctus lores.jpg
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Christina Zdenek · CC BY 4.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Hydrophis curtus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.