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The common krait. The average length of the common krait is 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in), but it can grow to 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in). [2] Males are longer than females, with proportionately longer tails. The head is flat and the neck is hardly visible. The body is cylindrical, tapering towards the tail. The tail is short and rounded.
Bungarus (commonly known as kraits / k r aɪ t /) [2] [3] is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae.The genus is native to Asia.Often found on the floor of tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Southern China, they are medium-sized, highly venomous snakes with a total length (including tail) typically not exceeding 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).
The four venomous snake species responsible for causing the greatest number of medically significant human snake bite cases on the Indian subcontinent (majorly in India and Sri Lanka) are sometimes collectively referred to as the Big Four.
Krait. Banded krait; Blue krait; Black krait; Burmese krait; Ceylon krait; Indian krait; Lesser black krait [1] Malayan krait; Many-banded krait; Northeastern hill krait [2] Red-headed krait; Sind krait; South Andaman krait; Suzhen's krait
The venom is possibly the most toxic of any Bungarus (krait) species and possibly the most toxic of any snake species in Asia, with LD 50 values of 0.09 mg/kg [62] –0.108 mg/kg SC, [34] [78] 0.113 mg/kg IV and 0.08 mg/kg IP on mice. [78] Based on several LD 50 studies, the many-banded krait is among the most venomous land snakes in the world ...
Common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) Banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) Northeastern hill krait (Bungarus bungaroides) Lesser black krait (Bunagrus lividus) Greater black krait (Bungarus niger) Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus) MacClelland's coral snake (Sinomicrurus macclellandi) Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) King cobra ...
Ringworm. What it looks like: Ringworm is a common skin infection caused by a fungus. It gets its name from its circular rash, which is often red, swollen, and cracked. Other symptoms to note ...
The Malayan krait may attain a total length of 108 cm (43 in), with a tail 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Dorsally, it has a pattern of 27–34 dark-brown, black, or bluish-black crossbands on the body and tail, which are narrowed and rounded on the sides. The first crossband is continuous with the dark color of the head.