In 2015, the snake was discovered in seagrass beds of Shark Bay off Western Australia.

A poorly known species, the diet is known to consist of wrasse and gudgeon fish that are pursued through coral outcrops and crevices.

[3] The distribution range of the species has contracted since its first identification, and is currently known from a declining population inhabiting Shark Bay on the western coast of Australia.

[4] In December 2015 a population of the snakes was found living in seagrass beds of Shark Bay off Western Australia.

[2] Previously, its only known habitats were some 1,700 km away in the Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs in the Timor Sea,[1] from where it had since disappeared.