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Bungarus bungaroides (CANTOR, 1839)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Northeastern Hill Krait
Chinese: 环蛇 
SynonymElaps bungaroides CANTOR 1839
Xenurelaps bungaroides — GÜNTHER 1864: 345
Bungarus bungaroides — WALL 1908: 14
Bungarus bungaroides — SMITH 1943: 410
Bungarus bungaroides — HARDING & WELCH 1980
Bungarus bungaroides — GOLAY 1985
Bungarus bungaroides — WELCH 1994: 37
Bungarus bungaroides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 127 
DistributionMyanmar (= Burma), India (Assam [Cachar], Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam (HR 33: 323), elevation 2040 m (Boulenger 1896:371), China (Xizang)

Type locality: “Cherra Pungi [= Cherrapunji], Khasi Hills, Assam, India” [now Meghalaya]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.91 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsal scales in 15 longitudinal rows at midbody; subcaudal scutes ordinarily divided anteriorly, but occasionally some scutes may be single, but always divided near the tip; ventrals 220–237; subcaudals 44–51; dorsum black with a series of very narrow white to pale yellowish lines or crossbars; on the belly, the light crossbars widen to form distinct transverse bars. Total length 1400 mm; tail length 160 mm (largest male). 
CommentIllustration in KHAN (2002), Figure 105; the specimen is NOT B. caeruleus as indicated (fide TILLACK & KUCHARZEWSKI 2004).

Venomous! 
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