Red-headed Krait
Bungarus flaviceps
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Bungarus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Recorded in 60 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and 1 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 19 more. Recorded in 60 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
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Borneo Rainforest
- Borneo Lowland Rainforest
- Borneo Heath Forest
- Borneo Dipterocarp Forest
- Borneo Limestone Forest
- Sumatra Rainforest
- Sumatra Montane Rainforest
- Sumatra Peat Swamp Forest
- Malay Peninsula Rainforest
- Malay Peninsula Montane Forest
- Thailand Tropical Forest
- Indochina Dry Forest
Related snakes
- Wall's Sind Krait Bungarus walli
- Suzhen’s krait Bungarus suzhenae
- Bungarus romulusi
- Red River Krait Bungarus slowinskii
- 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
- Ceylon Krait Bungarus ceylonicus
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.