Olive Sea Snake Can Sense Light With The Skin On The Tip Of Its Tail

The olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) possesses a very rare ability to perceive light solely through the skin on the tip of its tail, without using…

This feature is called "dermal phototaxis" (response to light through the skin) in the scientific literature. This reptile species, which lives in the reef waters of the Indo-Pacific region including…