Bungarus multicinctus BLYTH, 1861
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus BLYTH 1861 Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi POPE 1928 |
Common Names | E: Many-banded Krait G: Vielgebänderter Krait Chinese: 银环蛇 |
Synonym | Bungarus 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 |
Distribution | Taiwan, 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 |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: lost (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009, Smith 1943 and Toriba 1993b) Holotype: AMNH 35230 [wanghaotingi] |
Diagnosis | DIAGNOSTIC 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). |
Comment | Synonymy 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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