Common Krait
Bungarus caeruleus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Bungarus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 7
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and 2 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical dry forest, montane woodland and 17 more. Common: recorded in 365 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 Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Agricultural Land
- Farmland
- Gardens
- Suburban Areas
- Rural Settlements
- Roadsides
- Disturbed Habitats
- Himalayan Foothill Forest
- Himalayan Montane Forest
- Sri Lanka Dry Forest
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.