#1810 · 🦎 reptiles

Many-banded Krait

Bungarus multicinctus

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Shaway Liu · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © å°å·¥å‹ · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © oldfears · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 104乡道, 海南省, CN:© oldfears · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Taizhou, CN-ZJ, CN:© Kerou · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 台灣花蓮縣:© Liu JimFood · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 721台灣臺南市麻豆區:© Yung-Lun Lin · CC BY 4.0
10. Sai Kung, Hong Kong.:© Thomas Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The many-banded krait ( Bungarus multicinctus ), also known as the Taiwanese krait or the Chinese krait , is a highly venomous species of elapid snake found in much of central and southern China and Southeast Asia. The species was first described by the scientist Edward Blyth in 1861. This species has two known subspecies, the nominate Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus , and Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi . The many-banded krait mostly inhabits marshy areas throughout its geographical distribution, though it does occur...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,072iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,072 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Blyth in 1861 (165 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.