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 Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:43 pm
 Name: Sheesha Scroll: Black Banded Sea Krait Skill: Skill Expanded: Skill classification: This journal is for Sheesha and Naggella. Only the shop staff, naggella, and those she invites may post.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:57 pm
1.Musaeum: In Memoria
2.Table of Content
3.Rules
4.Updates
5.About Shesha
6.About Naggeela
7.Family
8.Friends
9.House
10.Photo Album
11.Possessions
12.Animal Information
13.PlayDates
14.Classes
15.Disclamer
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:59 pm
1. Follow the Gaia rules
2. Follow all Musaeum: In Memoria rules and guidelines.
3. Don't steal the art works. Shesha will come a bite you!!
4. Only post here if you are as follows:
-Work for Musaeum: In Memoria
-Dropping of a gift ICly
-Have permission from me to do so.
5. I have the write to change or add to these rules any time I see fit.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:01 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:04 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:19 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:47 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:49 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:50 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:58 pm
The Banded sea krait has smooth body scales with blue or blue grey base colour and 20 to 65 black bands encircling the body. Its ventral surface is yellow or cream. The snout, upper lip and a small bar above the eye are also yellow. The head is black and cobra-like with venom fangs located at the front of the upper jaw. They are highly venomous as they can produce 10-15 mg of venom (fatal dose only requires 1.5 mg). Fortunately, they have an inoffensive nature. They seldom bite even in self-defence.
Range and Distribution
The Banded sea kraits are found primarily in warm tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific. They have been recorded in the Indian ocean (East India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Melanesia, Polynesia), Solomon Islands, Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, Andaman islands, Nicobar Islands, Coast of Taiwan, Bay of Bengal, coast of Malay peninsula, Indoaustralian Archipelago to New Guinea, Japan (Ryukyu islands), Australia, New Zealand, western pacific Ocean to Fiji, New Caledonia, Mexico, El Salvador and Nicaragua. In Malaysia, they are the principal inhabitant of Kalampunian Damit or Snake Island in Sabah.
Special Adaptations
Being an amphibious snake, the Banded sea kraits have developed specialised body parts to help them suit better in both land and sea. They spend considerable time on land where they lay their eggs, digest their prey, slough their skins and mate. Therefore, they retain a cylindrical body shape and have developed specialised ventral scales typical of those terrestrial snakes which aid in climbing on land and in low trees.
They hunt at sea, thus are well adapted for an aquatic existence with a laterally compressed tail similar to that of true sea snakes (Hydrophiids), which allows rapid movement in the water. As sea kraits are air-breathing reptiles, they must surface to breathe. For this purpose, they have an elongate cylindrical lung that extends to almost the entire length of their body, which is very efficient for gas exchange and allows them to spend a longer period underwater. They are also able to carry out cutaneous respiration and have nostril valves that prevent air from entering the lung while they submerged. A specialised glad under the tongue is used for salt excretion to avoid excess salt accumulation.
Ecology and Behaviour
Banded sea kraits inhabit shallow tropical seas surrounding small coral islands, coral reefs and mangroves, usually those with a sand or coral substrate. They are found at depths ranging between 1 - 10m. This is mainly due to the low permeability of the skin which could be dangerous below these depths. They are mostly nocturnal and usually move between land and ocean during this time though they have been spotted occasionally to hunt during the day. Their main diet is eel but they also feed on small fish such as gobies.
Banded sea kraits show sex-based ecological divergence. For example, males being the smaller sex usually forage in shallower water than females and also tend to prey on different kinds of eels than do their mates. Males tend to take smaller, reef-flat eels whereas females prey on larger eels in water close to the reef.
Although a marine species, they seem to prefer freshwater to seawater as they have been seen drinking rainwater from puddles on ground and depressions in leaves.
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:06 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:17 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:18 pm
1. Original art of Sheesha belongs to Musaeum: In Memoria.
2. All graphics, information, stories and characters belong to Naggeela.
3. All art belong to the respected artist noted.
4. Animal information is from http://wildasia.net.
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