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Bungarus
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Bungarus (commonly known as kraits ) 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 . These are nocturnal ophiophagious predators which prey primarily on other snakes at night, occasionally taking lizards, amphibians and rodents. Most species are with banded patterns acting as a warning sign to their predators. Despite being considered as generally docile and
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Bungarus is a genus of reptiles within the family Elapidae. It belongs to the class Squamata, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is part of the group known as the Big Four.
Records indicate the presence of this genus in Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Specimens are held by institutions including ROM, CAS, FMNH, AMNH, and CSULB. The genus has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Many-banded Krait
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyElapidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 67
- Family
- Elapidae
- Collections
- ROM, CAS, FMNH, AMNH, CSULB, ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: ROM
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, India
Research
671 papers- Molecular phylogeny reveals distinct evolutionary lineages of the banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus (Squamata, Elapidae) in Asia.Scientific reports · 2023
- [Textual research on Bungarus Parvus].Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica · 2023
- Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus Snakebite in Taiwan.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017
- Bungarus caeruleus venom neutralization activity of Azima tetracantha Lam. Extract.Heliyon · 2019
- High-Throughput Venomics.Journal of proteome research · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Description
- Ecology
- Venom
- Species
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bungarus (commonly known as kraits ) 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 . These are nocturnal ophiophagious predators which prey primarily on other snakes at night, occasionally taking lizards, amphibians and rodents. Most species are with banded patterns acting as a warning sign to their predators. Despite being considered as generally docile and timid, kraits are capable of delivering highly potent neurotoxic venom which is medically significant with potential lethality to humans. The genus currently holds 18 species and 5 subspecies.
==Distribution== Kraits are found in tropical and subtropical South and Southeast Asia and Indochina, ranging in the west from Iran, east through the Indian subcontinent (including Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and into Southeast Asia (including the island of Borneo, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam).
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