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Bungarus (commonly
known as
kraits /
kraɪt/) is a
genus of
venomous snakes in the
family Elapidae. The
genus is
native to Asia.
Often found on the floor...
- for 28% of
total snake bites. The
common krait feeds primarily on
other snakes, and
cannibalises on
other kraits,
including the young. It also
feeds on...
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banded krait based upon
murine LD50
experiments is
lower than that of many
other kraits, its
venom yield is the
highest due to its size. The
banded krait is...
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Hydrophiinae snakes. Sea
kraits are also
often confused with land
kraits (genus Bungarus),
which are not aquatic. Sea
kraits are semiaquatic, so have...
- yellow-lipped sea
kraits are endemic, were able to
tolerate doses as
large as 75 mg/kg
without severe injury. Yellow-lipped sea
kraits are semiaquatic....
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their overlapping characteristics in morphology. Suzhen’s
krait differs from
other banded kraits in the
shape of the crossbands, tail pattern, head pattern...
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Australasian terrestrial snakes,
whereas Laticaudinae only
includes the sea
kraits (Laticauda), of
which three species are
found exclusively in freshwater...
- Russell's
viper accounted for 43% of the
snakebites in India,
followed by
kraits (18%),
cobras (12%), hump nose
viper (4%), saw-scaled
viper (1.7%), and...
- the
common sea
krait. Sea
kraits forage in
reefs and
return to land to
digest their prey, mate, slough, and lay
their eggs. Sea
krait experience rapid...
- that
other specimens tagged as many-banded
kraits from Vietnam, Thailand, and
Myanmar may also be
Malayan kraits.
Although it can be
found in elevations...
