Blue Spotted Sea Snake - Blue Spotted Sea Snake

Japanese: アオマダラウミヘビ - あおまだらうみへび
Blue Spotted Sea Snake - Blue Spotted Sea Snake

...After about five months, baby snakes with a total length of about 40 cm hatch. Five species are distributed from the Bay of Bengal to the coastal waters of Oceania, and three species are known to live off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands: the black-spotted sea snake, the broad-spotted sea snake, L. laticaudata , and the blue-spotted sea snake, L. colubrina . These snakes have a strong neurotoxin, but they are docile and do little harm in reality.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Blue-spotted Sea Snake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…約5ヵ月で全長40cmほどの子ヘビが孵化(ふか)する。5種がベンガル湾からオセアニア近海まで分布し,南西諸島沿岸にはエラブウミヘビ,ヒロオウミヘビL.laticaudata,アオマダラウミヘビL.colubrinaの3種が知られる。これらは強い神経毒をもつが,性質がおとなしいため実際にはほとんど被害がない。…

※「アオマダラウミヘビ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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