Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar. ZooKeys , 1025 , 35-71. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 ...

The Sunda king cobra (O. bungarus) lives in the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the Greater Sundas — including Sumatra, Borneo and Java — as well as in Mindoro in the Philippines.

The new species is a type of krait snake found in Southwest China and northern Myanmar and had previously been categorized as the many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus).However, morphological ...

Two Bungarus sagittatus, or barbed arrow kraits. Discover more new species. Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most eye-catching stories from the past week.

Taking a closer look at the animals, researchers realized they’d discovered a new species: Bungarus sagittatus, or the barbed arrow krait. Kraits “are a group of highly venomous snakes ...

The new species, Bungarus suzhenae, was named after the character Bai Su Zhen from the Chinese myth the Legend of White Snake. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

In July 2022, a lesser black krait (Bungarus lividus), a small, secretive and highly venomous snake, was discovered in Dhankuta, Nepal’s eastern hills. The snake, previously documented only in ...

Kraits in the Bungarus Daudin 1803 genus are known to be quite venomous. Researchers of a new study , published in ZooKeys, even described the Bungarus as "one of the most medically significant ...

Chromosome distribution of 3FTXs in Bungarus multicinctus and their evolution. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this ...