Bungarus andamanensis

Bungarus andamanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: Bungarus andamanensis

Name

Bungarus andamanensis Biswas & Sanyal, 1978: 179

• Holotype: ZSI 20895/1, collected by A. Bayley de Castro on 18 June 1926.
• Type locality: “Port Blair, S. [=South] Andaman”, Andaman Islands, India.

References

Primary references

• Biswas, S. & Sanyal, D.P. 1978. A new species of krait of the genus Bungarus Daudin, 1803 (Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Andaman Island. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(1): 179–183. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bungarus andamanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2021.
• Auliya, M. 2010. IUCN: Bungarus andamanensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T177508A7446075. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T177508A7446075.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Andamanischer Krait
English: Andaman Krait