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Bungarus fasciatus (Banded Krait)

Synonyms: Bungarus annularis; Bungarus fasciatus bifasciatus; Bungarus fasciatus insularis; Pseudoboa fasciata

Wikipedia Abstract

The banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is a species of elapid snake found on the Bangladesh Subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest kraits, with a maximum length up to 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Bungarus fasciatus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.863 lbs (3.113 kg)
Gestation [1]  54 days
Litter Size [1]  10
Maximum Longevity [2]  13 years
Venomous [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Prey / Diet

Fordonia leucobalia (Crab-eating Water Snake, White-bellied mangrove snake)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amplicaecum longispiculum <Unverified Name>[5]
Kalicephalus bungari <Unverified Name>[5]
Ophidascaris najae <Unverified Name>[5]
Polydelphis sewelli <Unverified Name>[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
♦ 4The prey and predators of Homalopsine snakes, HAROLD K. VORIS and JOHN C. MURPHY, Journal of Natural History, 2002, 36, 1621–1632
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0