Banded Krait
Bungarus fasciatus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Bungarus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 14
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India and 9 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 58 more. Common: recorded in 350 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Flooded Forest
- Peat Swamp Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Forested Swamps
Related snakes
- Wall's Sind Krait Bungarus walli
- Suzhen’s krait Bungarus suzhenae
- Bungarus romulusi
- Red River Krait Bungarus slowinskii
- Red-headed Krait Bungarus flaviceps
- Lesser Black Krait Bungarus lividus
- Burmese Krait Bungarus magnimaculatus
- Many-banded Krait Bungarus multicinctus
- Greater Black Krait Bungarus niger
- Blue Krait Bungarus candidus
- Sind Krait Bungarus sindanus
- South Andaman Krait Bungarus andamanensis
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.