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Bungarus multicinctus BLYTH, 1861

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Many-banded Krait
G: Vielgebänderter Krait
Chinese: 银环蛇 
SynonymBungarus multicinctus BLYTH 1861: 98
Bungarus semifasciatus GÜNTHER 1858: 221 (not of BOIE)
Bungarus semifasciatus — GÜNTHER 1864: 344
Bungarus caeruleus — STOLICZKA 1870 (fide SMITH 1943)
Bungarus semifasciatus — GÜNTHER 1888: 171
Bungarus candidus var. multicinctus — BOULENGER 1896: 369
Bungarus multicinctus — STEJNEGER 1907: 397
Bungarus multicinctus — WALL 1908: 19
Bungarus caeruleus multicinctus — BARBOUR 1912: 131
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — MELL 1929
Bungarus candidus multicinctus — BOURRET 1936
Bungarus multicinctus — SMITH 1943: 416
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — WELCH 1994: 39
Bungarus cf. multicinctus — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 209
Bungarus multicinctus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Bungarus multicinctus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 130
Bungarus multicinctus — WANG et al. 2022 
DistributionTaiwan, S China (incl. Hong Kong, Hainan),
Myanmar (= Burma), Laos, N Vietnam (Hoa Binh), and Thailand.

Type locality: Amoy  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009, Smith 1943 and Toriba 1993b) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1954 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

The “multicinctus-wanghaotingi” species group requires study; it is likely polytypic and several closely related though distinct species likely are hidden presently under the names multicinctus and wanghaotingi (LEVITON et al. 2003).

The boundaries demarcating B. candidus, B. multicinctus, and B. wanghaotingi, in Southern China and Northern Myanmar are particularly obscure, with multicinctus and wanghaotingi being difficult to distinguish morphologically (Yuan et al. 2022).

Distribution: possibly in Yunnan (China) but records from there are questionable (Wang et al. 2022). 
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