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The common krait. The average length of the common krait is 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in), but it can grow to 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in). [2] Males are longer than females, with proportionately longer tails. The head is flat and the neck is hardly visible. The body is cylindrical, tapering towards the tail. The tail is short and rounded.
Bungarus caeruleus, the common krait. Naja naja, the Indian cobra . Echis carinatus, the saw-scaled viper. Snakebites by species in India [3]
Bungarus (commonly known as kraits / k r aɪ t /) [2] [3] is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae.The genus is native to Asia.Often found on the floor of tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Southern China, they are medium-sized, highly venomous snakes with a total length (including tail) typically not exceeding 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).
Forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), Kakamega Forest, Kenya. The forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) is the largest true cobra of the genus Naja and is a bad-tempered and irritable snake when cornered or molested as handled in captivity. [60] According to Brown (1973) this species has a murine IP LD 50 value of 0.324 mg/kg, while the IV LD 50 value is ...
Bungarus s. razai (northern Punjab krait) Naja naja (Indian cobra or spectacled cobra) Naja oxiana (Central Asian cobra or Oxus cobra) Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' sea snake) Enhydrina schistosa (beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake or Valakadyn sea snake)
The banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is an extremely venomous species of elapids endemic to Asia, from Indian Subcontinent through Southeast Asia to Southern China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] With a maximum length exceeding 2 m (6 ft 7 in), it is the longest krait with a distinguishable gold and black pattern. [ 4 ]
The Malayan krait may attain a total length of 108 cm (43 in), with a tail 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Dorsally, it has a pattern of 27–34 dark-brown, black, or bluish-black crossbands on the body and tail, which are narrowed and rounded on the sides. The first crossband is continuous with the dark color of the head.
Common Indian krait Bungarus caeruleus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan krait Bungarus ceylonicus Sri Lanka Banded krait Bungarus fasciatus Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region