Sind krait
| Sind krait | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Bungarus |
| Species: | B. sindanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bungarus sindanus Boulenger, 1897 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bungarus walli | |
The Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus) is a species of krait, a venomous elapid snake found in India, Nepal and Pakistan. Three subspecies are recognized. It can be confused with common krait and even with Indian rat snake.
Distribution
This snake is found in India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is recorded in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Midnapur District), Rajasthan and Gujarat in India. The geographic ranges of the subspecies are:
- B. s. razai Khan, 1985 - north Pakistan.
- B. s. sindanus Boulenger, 1897 - southern Pakistan, adjacent India; type locality: Sindh, West Pakistan.
- B. s. walli Wall, 1907 - India; West Bengal (Jalpaiguri), Uttar Pradesh, Latur, Maharashtra India.[1]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A new krait from Sind (Bungarus sindanus). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11:73-74.
- Kuch, Ulrich. 2004. Bungarus sindanus Boulenger, 1897, an addition to the venomous snake fauna of Afghanistan. Herpetozoa 16(3/4):171-173.
- Vyas, Raju. 1998. Unusual marking pattern in krait Bungarus sindanus Cobra 32:34-35.
- Wall, F. 1907. A new krait from Oudh (Bungarus walli). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17:155-157.
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