QUICK FACT: This snake has a Banana-yellow color and is known for an accordion-shaped ambush posture.

THREATS: Boat strikes, pollution, and warming/ocean chemistry changes in its tiny Costa Rican range.

IMPORTANCE: Costa Rica’s only endemic marine reptile, an ecological role we may lose before we understand.

Photo credit: Gert Jan Verspui

QUICK FACT: This snake has a Banana-yellow color and is known for an accordion-shaped ambush posture.

THREATS: Boat strikes, pollution, and warming/ocean chemistry changes in its tiny Costa Rican range.

IMPORTANCE: Costa Rica’s only endemic marine reptile, an ecological role we may lose before we understand.

Photo credit: Brooke Besssesen