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title: "Gewone platstaart"
description: "Laticauda laticaudata — Reptielen. The blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata), also known as the blue-banded sea krait or common sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-lipped-sea-krait
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone platstaart

> Laticauda laticaudata — Reptielen. The blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata), also known as the blue-banded sea krait or common sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Laticauda laticaudata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 579
- Wikidata: [Q1907959](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907959)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35239](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35239)

## Names

- en: Blue-lipped Sea Krait
- de: Gewöhnlicher Plattschwanz
- fr: Tricot rayé bleu
- nl: Gewone platstaart

## Countries with the most observations

NC (199), TW (153), PH (84), ID (55), JP (34), NU (7), TH (5), IN (3)

## Summary

The blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata), also known as the blue-banded sea krait or common sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae of the family Elapidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-lipped_sea_krait

## Photo

![Gewone platstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-lipped-sea-krait/medium.jpg)

Photo: Michael Pongratz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330796128

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-lipped-sea-krait?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).