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Bungarus multicinctus BLYTH, 1861

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesBungarus multicinctus multicinctus BLYTH 1861
Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi POPE 1928 
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 candidus multicinctus — BOURRET 1936
Bungarus multicinctus — SMITH 1943: 416
Bungarus cf. multicinctus — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 209
Bungarus multicinctus — NGUYEN et al. 2009

Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus BLYTH 1861
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — MELL 1929
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — WELCH 1994: 39
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Bungarus multicinctus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 130

Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi POPE 1928
Bungarus wanghaotingi POPE 1928: 3
Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi — MELL 1929
Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi — WELCH 1994: 39
Bungarus wanghaotingi — LEVITON et al. 2003
Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Bungarus wanghaotingi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 130 
DistributionTaiwan, S China (incl. Hong Kong, Hainan),
Myanmar (= Burma), Laos, N Vietnam (Hoa Binh), Thailand.

wanghaotingi: China (Yunnan), Myanmar (= Burma); Type locality: Yuankiang, China.

Type locality: Amoy  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009, Smith 1943 and Toriba 1993b)
Holotype: AMNH 35230 [wanghaotingi] 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS (DIAGNOSIS) [wanghaotingi].— Dorsal scales in 15 longitudinal rows at midbody; sub-caudal scutes undivided throughout; middorsal row of scales (vertebrals) strongly enlarged, as broad as or broader than long; tail tapering, terminating in a point; ventrals 209–228, subcaudals
44–54 (fide Pope 1935:339, Smith 1943: 416). Belly uniformly white; dorsum with 20–31 light crossbands, crossbars narrower than black crossbars; 7–11 white crossbars on tail. Total length 1100 mm; tail length 145 mm. [after LEVITON 2003]

From B. multicinctus, B. wanghaotingi can be distinguished by the lower number of light cross bands on the body and tail (31–40 on the body and 9–17 on the tail in B. multicinctus, 20–31 and 7–11 respectively in B. wanghaotingi). 
CommentSynonymy partly after STEJNEGER 1907. Not listed by DAS (1996).

Venomous!

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). 
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