Bungarus

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 (18): B. andamanensis – B. bungaroides – B. caeruleus – B. candidus – B. ceylonicus – B. fasciatus – B. flaviceps – B. lividus – B. magnimaculatus – B. multicinctus – B. niger – B. persicus – B. sagittatus – B. sindanus – B. slowinskii – B. suzhenae – B. walli – B. wanghaotingi

Name

Bungarus Daudin, 1803: 263

Type species: Bungarus annularis Daudin, 1803, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Cinquième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 365 pp. + plates LIX–LXX. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Slowinski, J.B. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28(4): 440–446. DOI: 10.2307/1564956 Reference page.
Abtin, E., Nilson, G., Mobaraki, A., Hosseini, A.A. & Nejhad, M.D. 2014. A new species of krait, Bungarus (Reptilia, Elapidae, Bungarinae) and the first record of that genus in Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 243–250. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2014-21-4-243-250 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page.
Chen, Z.-N., Shi, S.-C., Vogel, G., Ding, L. & Shi, J.-S. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar. ZooKeys 1025: 35–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 Reference page.
Aksornneam, A., Rujirawan, A., Yodthong, S., Sung, Y.-H. & Aowphol, A. 2024. A new species of krait of the genus Bungarus (Squamata, Elapidae) from Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(1): 141–154. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.116601 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bungarus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 March 2021.
Bungarus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kraits
English: Kraits
suomi: Kraitit
Bahasa Indonesia: Krait
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ငန်းမြွေ
norsk: Kraiter
ไทย: งูสามเหลี่ยม, งูทับทาง