Bungarus bungaroides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Bungarus |
| Species: | B. bungaroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Bungarus bungaroides (Cantor, 1839)
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Bungarus bungaroides, the northeastern hill krait, is a venomous species of elapid snake.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]This is a moderate- to large sized krait. Diagnostic characters:
- Dorsal scales in 15 longitudinal rows at midbody. Mid-dorsal scales are slightly enlarged anteriorly, but distinctly enlarged posteriorly.
- Subcaudal scutes ordinarily divided anteriorly, but occasionally some scutes may be single, but always divided near the tip
- Ventrals 220–237; subcaudals 44–51
- Dorsum – smooth, black with a series of very narrow white to pale yellowish lines or crossbars; on the belly, the light crossbars widen to form distinct transverse bars
- head slightly distinct from the neck. Top of the head is flat. Snout is blunt.
- Total length of largest male 1400 mm (55 in); tail length 160 mm (6.3 in)
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]This species is found in Myanmar, India (Assam, Cachar, Sikkim), Nepal, and Vietnam at elevations around 2040 m as well as in Tibet. The type locality is given as: "Cherra Punjee, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India".[3][4]
References
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- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume III. London. p. 371.
- ^ Bungarus bungaroides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 November 2013.
- Boulenger, G. A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis. London. xviii, 541 pp.
- Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 7:31-34,49-55.
- Golay, P. 1985. Checklist and keys to the terrestrial proteroglyphs of the world (Serpentes: Elapidae – Hydrophiidae). Elapsoidea, Geneva.
- Slowinski, J. B. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28(4):440-446.
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