Ever Seen a Sea Snake?

A yellow-bellied sea snake appears in Newport Beach
It was an exciting week for Greg Pauly, NHMLA’s Associate Curator of Herpetology, because a yellow-bellied sea snake washed up on a Southern California beach. This snake, Hydrophis platurus, is a tropical species that doesn’t usually come this far north, so it’s appearance in Newport Beach is highly unusual.
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[@meso07]

looks rly cool, but does this snake life in the water 24/7 or does it also go on land?

[@ProjectHyena]

This snake is fully sea water snake as you can it's belly it can't move on land and once washed up has to wait for another tide to push it back in to the sea.

[@thomasstillman4805]

Back in the mid 1970's, I spotted a yellow belly krait, in Malibu River in California, above the dam at what is now known as, Malibu Creek State Park. That must be at least 10 miles inland. I have spent a lot of time in this area growing up as a kid. I have even kayaked this river several times. But this is the rarest thing I have seen in my life!
BTW, I studied herpetology on my own growing up as a kid.
I had the books 🧐

[@thomasstillman4805]

Another strange creature was the,
Abedus herberti. I was just a kid then, so you can imagine my surprise when I picked up what I thought to be a small water turtle. 🧐

[@7tomoasis26]

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