Kraits
Bungarus
Bungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, the kraits ("krait" is pronounced /kraɪt/, rhyming with "kite"), found in South and Southeast Asia. There are 14 species and five subspecies (excluding nominal) recognized.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Many-banded Krait
speciesBungarus multicinctus
Banded Krait
speciesBungarus fasciatus
Common Krait
speciesBungarus caeruleus
Malayan Krait
speciesBungarus candidus
Red-headed Krait
speciesBungarus flaviceps
Greater Black Krait
speciesBungarus niger
Ceylon Krait
speciesBungarus ceylonicus
Andaman Krait
speciesBungarus andamanensis
Suzhen’s Krait
speciesBungarus suzhenae
Wall's Sind Krait
speciesBungarus walli
Sind Krait
speciesBungarus sindanus
Northeastern Hill Krait
speciesBungarus bungaroides
Lesser Black Krait
speciesBungarus lividus
Burmese Krait
speciesBungarus magnimaculatus
Red River Krait
speciesBungarus slowinskii
Bungarus sagittatus
speciesBungarus sagittatus
Persian Krait
speciesBungarus persicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30436.