Black kraight [1] , or black bungarus [1] ( lat. Bungarus niger ) - a species of snakes from the family of aspids that lives in Asia [2] .
| Black krait |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Caenophidia |
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| International scientific name |
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Bungarus niger Wall , 1908 |
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The total length varies from 80 cm to 1.3 m. The head is small, flat, slightly delimited from the body. The eyes are small. The body is stocky with smooth scales . Endowed with 216–231 abdominal and 47–57 caudal shields. The color is monochrome - black.
The poison is endowed with neurotoxin and myotoxins , it is very dangerous for human life.
Inhabits a forest area, mountains. It occurs at an altitude of up to 1,500 m above sea level . Active at night, feeds on small mammals , snakes , lizards , frogs , fish .
This is an egg laying snake. The female lays up to 10 eggs.
It lives in India ( Assam , Sikkim , Arunachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand ), as well as in Nepal , Bangladesh , Bhutan .
- ↑ 1 2 Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The Pyatiling Dictionary of Animal Names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 344. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Bungarus niger
