Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) | Snake | Wildkeeda
Banded Krait
Bungarus fasciatus
VENOMOUS
At birth 250-400mm (10-16in) Adults 1500mm (59in) Maximum 2250mm (89in)
Description
Scales smooth. Head slightly broader than neck, eye entirely black (round pupil not visible in life); short tail has blunt, rounded tip. Body and tail triangular in cross section; vertebral ridge prominent. Equally spaced, wide yellow/pale brown/white and black bands. Uppermost scale row on back six-sided and much larger than adjacent scales. Scales under tail are entire and resemble belly scales (not divided zigzag line running along middle). Banded Kukri Snakes and several wolf snakes are mistaken for this species.
Scalation
Scales in 15:15: 15 lines, smooth. Ventrals 200-236; butt-centric whole: subcaudals 23-39, whole. Preocular 1; postoculars 2; loreal missing; temporals 1+2; supralabials 7 (third and fourth contacting eye).
Behavior
Nighttime, lives in termite hills and rat tunnels near water. Lean towards open fields country, yet in addition found up in lower slope country. Eats predominantly winds (even Common Kraits), snake eggs, skinks, rodents, and now and then fish Females lay 4-14 eggs (around April in West Bengal) and stay with them during brooding. Bashful, gentle tempered by day, a lot more honed around evening time, however more hesitant to chomp than the Common Krait. Toxin a lot more fragile than that of the Common Krait. Chomps shockingly uncommon, however there is a record of a man who kicked the bucket in 15 hours from a Banded Krait nibble.
Distribution
India: West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Assam upwards to Arunachal Pradesh. Additionally happens in Gadchiroli locale of Maharashtra, portions of Madhya Pradesh, northern Andhra Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. Not found in South West or Northwest India. Likewise Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, China. Regular in pieces of reach. Found up to 1500m (492oft).
Look-alikes
Yellow-banded Wolf Snake. Banded Kukri Snake.
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