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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.
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 ...
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.
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).
Andamans krait Bungarus andamanensis India (Andamans) Common Indian krait Bungarus caeruleus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan krait Bungarus ceylonicus Sri Lanka; Banded krait Bungarus fasciatus Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region; Sindh krait Bungarus sindanus Pakistan, India
The park is home to the rare monocled cobra, and three of the Big Four - Indian cobra, Russell's viper, and common krait. In all, Kaziranga is home to 15 species of turtles, including the endemic Assam roofed turtle, and to one species of tortoise - the brown tortoise. A regional lizard species is also found in Kaziranga - the Assam garden lizard.
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 ...
Bungarus s. razai (northern Punjab krait) Naja naja (Indian cobra or spectacled cobra) Naja oxiana (Central Asian cobra or Oxus cobra) Family Hydrophiidae (sea snakes) - 14 species Astrotia stokesii (Stokes' sea snake) Enhydrina schistosa (beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake or Valakadyn sea snake)