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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.
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 caeruleus, the common krait. Naja naja, the Indian cobra . Echis carinatus, the saw-scaled viper. Snakebites by species in India [3]
The park is home to the rare monocled cobra, and three of the Big Four - Indian cobra, Russell's viper, and common krait. In all, Kaziranga is home to 15 species of turtles, including the endemic Assam roofed turtle, and to one species of tortoise - the brown tortoise. A regional lizard species is also found in Kaziranga - the Assam garden lizard.
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).
Common name Binomial Local names Status Common krait. Bungarus caeruleus: තෙල් කරවලා මගමරුවා Sri Lanka krait. Bungarus ceylonicus: මුදු කරවලා දුනු කරවලා Indian coral snake: Calliophis melanurus: දෙපත් කළුවා Blood-bellied coral snake: Calliophis haematoetron
On the Indian subcontinent, almost all snakebite deaths have traditionally been attributed to the Big Four, consisting of the Russell's viper, Indian cobra, saw-scaled viper, and the common krait. However, studies have shown that the hump-nosed viper , previously considered essentially harmless and misidentified as the saw-scaled viper, 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)