Description: Page from the journal of Henry Walsh Mahon, surgeon aboard HMS Samarang. "Although not equipped with poisonous fangs, one of these snakes bit an officer of the HMS Woolf who died within a few hours."
Date: 1846
Our Catalogue Reference: ADM 101/119/3/10 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-5891446&CATLN=7&accessmethod=5
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The banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the colubrine sea krait, or yellow-lipped sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming. The banded sea kraits are widespread throughout the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.