Ceylon Krait
Bungarus ceylonicus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Bungarus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 20 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Ceylon Krait (Bungarus ceylonicus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Sri Lanka. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, evergreen forest, sri lanka rainforest. Recorded in 20 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.
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.