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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Greater Black Krait 
SynonymBungarus niger WALL 1908: 715
Bungarus niger — WALL 1908: 19
Bungarus niger — SMITH 1943: 417
Bungarus niger — WELCH 1994: 39
Bungarus niger — TILLACK 2003
Bungarus niger — WALLACH et al. 2014: 129 
DistributionIndia (Assam [Cachar district], Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Itanagar – Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan.

Type locality: “Tindharia, eastern Himalayas, India”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.1.18.63 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (867 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black. 
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