#Bungarus

[herpsandbirds]

Red-Headed Krait (Bungarus f. flaviceps), family Elapidae, Malaysia

Venomous.

photograph by Ethan Lai

[snakecatchers]

Hoser, R. T. 2023. Three new species of Kraits in the Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) species complex. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:54-64. Published 25 May 2023. Full text at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-54-64.pdf

[reptilemanaustralia]

Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African Herald Snake genus Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:3-22. Published 25 May 2023. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-3-22.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African snake genus Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:35. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-23-35.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. Six new species of viper within Atheris Cope, 1862 sensu lato from central Africa! Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:36-53. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-36-53.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. Three new species of Kraits in the Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) species complex. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:54-64. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-54-64.pdf

[snakebusters]

Published in hard copy in the last week of May 2023.

Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African Herald Snake genus Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:3-22. Published 25 May 2023. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-3-22.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African snake genus Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:35. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-23-35.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. Six new species of viper within Atheris Cope, 1862 sensu lato from central Africa! Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:36-53. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-36-53.pdf

Published 25 May 2023. Hoser, R. T. 2023. Three new species of Kraits in the Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) species complex. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:54-64. http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-54-64.pdf

[luke7131]

i need to prove something to my coworkers

if you know a better name tag it!

[es-oh-bfo-em]

[monarchbutt]

daily snake #7

💛 The Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus), found on the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and southern China, is the largest species of krait, reaching 8 ft 10 in. Despite being venomous and potentially fatal, it’s shy and nocturnal, so its threat to humans is low.

[firelord-frowny]

today's open wikipedia tabs are...

-Blair Witch (film) -Bungarus -Michael Bruce Ross -Central African Rock Python -Paenungulata -Denisovan -Pythonidae -Micha Sloat -Struthiomimus -Golden Poison Frog -Barred Spiral Galaxy -Dinornis -Perissodactyla -Vulcan Nerve Pinch

[lanecross]

Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps) one of the highly venomous elapid snake that has awesome striking colouration. Red-headed kraits are nocturnal, semi-aquatic and inhabits rain forests in mountainous and hilly regions.

First time road cruising and our guide Steven spotted this beauty. Honestly, I was fighting not to fall asleep in the car, but that moment and their excitement woke me up. Good memory for our first road cruising :)

[craftingcreatures]

Kraits are horrifyingly deadly snakes and absolutely deserve immense amounts of respect, but I just. I just can't- I can't take them seriously. God created a being of fear and chaos and decided it should look like that. They're so triangular and stripey - they look like those rubber speedbumps people use in driveways and parking lots. Their Latin name is Bungarus. Bunga bunga toblerone of death

[deepestbluesky]

hello it is time for a VERY niche post. join me for... SHL characters as SNAKES!!!!! i tried to find snakes that naturally occur in china or near china, as a terrible added parameter—there's a TON of snakes in china, but i just don't know many so it's terrible bc it added a lot of work for me lol. but i've learned things! and found some cool snakes! so! let's go. pictures of snakes ahead, if that's not your thing, feel free to peace out.

Wen Kexing - Sinomicrurus macclellandi a coral snake! just a nice boy you know? just a nice, extremely venemous boy with dramatic red coloration. shamless plug for my fic where wkx turns into This Snake.

Zhou Zishu - Bungarus multicinctus look at this lovely unassuming snake. got some goth-y drama but overall not too bad, right? one of the most venomous land snakes in the world 😌 (also. he and wkx match but like in a complimentary way.)

Zhang Chengling - Pareas margaritophorus the first thing wikipedia says about this snake is that it is small and harmless. for the first time so far, i am not trying to mislead you. just a little snek boi!!!!!! cute!!!!!! I Want To Hold And Protect Him

Gu Xiang - Fowlea piscator look i'm gonna be honest. there are not a lot of snakes that are even REMOTELY purple but this one has a little purple whip tongue! also, not venemous but (if it's anything like water snakes in the US) kind of an asshole. apparently pretends to be a cobra. look at her go.

Cao Weining - Coelognathus radiatus this snake has no thoughts in its head. look at it. i don't mean as a species i mean This One. That's cwn. just sitting there doing a blep. no venom, apparently a defensive sort of dude. cool colors tho!

Luo Fumeng - Calliophis bivirgatus a different kind of coral snake! i've gone a bit further outside of china for this one but LOOK at how gorgeous it is. how could i not let lfm be this glamorous. also i like the idea that she's a different genus of snake than wkx but still a (venemous) coral snake.

Liu Qianqiao - Elaphe taeniura gonna be honest here, the common name of this snake in english is the beauty snake (or ratsnake), so i didn't think too much farther. there's a ton of different color morphs of it. look at it, the elegance! she's beauty she's grace she'll constrict you (if you are a small mammal)!

Xie Wang - Bungarus fasciatus this is a different krait! zzs has MANY bands, xw just has bands. a little brighter colored and more extra than zzs, sliiiightly less deadly, still can very definitely kill you. LOOK at that warning coloration. if i was to pick two characters to DEFINITELY have warning coloration, it WOULD be wkx and xw.

Du Pusa - Euprepiophis mandarinus this is NOT my best work, but i just thought this snake was really pretty and so i was determined to include it somehow. hence: dps. they are ~secretive~ apparently. also. again. Look At It

Ye Baiyi - Python bivittatus BIG BOY!!!! ALMOST THE BIGGEST BOY!!!!! does occur in white color morphs in captivity (and like, i guess presumably in the wild? at one point? but i have to imagine that's like. not so much a thing anymore.) also, did i pick the picture that looks the most like a cryptid? of course i did, it's yby. he doesn't want his picture taken. he doesn't want you to know he exists even. leave him alone. where he belongs in his natural habitat.

Han Ying - Lycodon septentrionalis a shiny pretty boy. a shiny pretty boy who looks very much like a many-banded krait, in fact. however, they're not venemous. hy just looks like zzs. again: LOOK AT THIS GOOD SNEK.

Jing Beiyuan - Ahaetulla prasina several things here. one, this is an elegant but strange boy (i don't think this shows just how weird this guy's nose looks. it's like someone took a snake's nose and used pliers to stretch it out all pointy). two, FASHION!!! look at those pattens!!!!! a striking example. and three, it looks kind of like wu xi's snakeclet

Wu Xi - Naja atra he's a cobra. i think this speaks for itself.

[herpsandbirds]

Red-Headed Krait (Bungarus f. flaviceps), family Elapidae, Malaysia

Venomous.

photograph by Prashanta Kumar Mohanty

[snakecatchers]

Full details at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I62-Split.htm

Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African Herald Snake genus Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:3-22. Published 25 May 2023. Full text at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-3-22.pdf

Hoser, R. T. 2023. New taxa within the African snake genus Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:23-35. Published 25 May 2023. Full text at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-23-35.pdf

Hoser, R. T. 2023. Six new species of viper within Atheris Cope, 1862sensu lato from central Africa! Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:36-53. Published 25 May 2023. Full text at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-36-53.pdf

Hoser, R. T. 2023. Three new species of Kraits in the Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) species complex. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 62:54-64. Published 25 May 2023. Full text at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-62-Pages-54-64.pdf

New Genus (Colubrids)

Paracrotaphopeltis Hoser, 2023.

New Subgenus (Colubrids)

Kenyavipera Hoser, 2023. Piersonvipera Hoser, 2023.

New Species (All are snakes)

Atheris cummingae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris ernestswilei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris josephburkei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris shireenhoserae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris marleneswileae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Bungarus crotalusei Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Bungarus daranini Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Bungarus oxyi Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Crotaphopeltis andreeblouinae Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis juliusnyererei Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis ufipaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis rondoensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa paulwoolfi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa swileorum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Piersonvipera piersoni Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa)

New Subspecies

Atheris barbouri divergans Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Bungarus crotalusei peninsularensis Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia rubrumlabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia luteuslabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia labellumpulvereus Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia albalinguacalloso Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis tornieri udzungwaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa montisilva nampulaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa)

[reptilemanaustralia]

China gets a newly discovered species of snake! OK, it is a crocodile in this pic, but on 25 May 2023, China got a new species of snake. A dangerously venomous species of Krait no less. Formerly treated as a western population of Baungarus fasciatus, the west Chinese specimens from around Yunan turned out to be a completely different species.

Snakeman Raymond Hoser published a major scientific paper describing three new species, one from the Mekong river drainage, another from the central Thailand plain and a third from northern Borneo. Download a pdf of the paper at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I62-Split.htm

[snakebusters]

Everyone in Africa is reading Australasian Journal of Herpetology Issue 62 this week, that has just published species descriptions of over 10 previously undiscovered species of snake from Africa, including species from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo and other parts of East Africa. What is formally named in the journal is listed below: Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 62, published 25 May 2023 List of new taxa formally named. New Genus (Colubrids) Paracrotaphopeltis Hoser, 2023. New Subgenus (Colubrids) Kenyavipera Hoser, 2023. Piersonvipera Hoser, 2023. New Species (All are snakes) Atheris cummingae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris ernestswilei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris josephburkei Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris shireenhoserae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Atheris marleneswileae Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Bungarus crotalusei Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Bungarus daranini Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Bungarus oxyi Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Crotaphopeltis andreeblouinae Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis juliusnyererei Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis ufipaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis rondoensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa euanedwardsi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa paulwoolfi Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa swileorum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Piersonvipera piersoni Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) New Subspecies Atheris barbouri divergans Hoser, 2023. (Viper, Africa) Bungarus crotalusei peninsularensis Hoser, 2023. (Krait, Asia) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia rubrumlabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia luteuslabellum Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia labellumpulvereus Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia albalinguacalloso Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Crotaphopeltis tornieri udzungwaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) Dipsadoboa montisilva nampulaensis Hoser, 2023. (Colubrid, Africa) More details are here at: http://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I62-Full-Newly-named-species-list.htm

[samlarej]

Bali, l'île des dieux, est réputée pour ses plages magnifiques, ses paysages luxuriants et sa culture dynamique. Cependant, sous ses apparences idylliques se cache un lieu qui exige respect et prudence : l'habitat de certains des serpents les plus dangereux au monde. Bien que la majorité de ces serpents soient reclus et n'osent pas entrer en contact avec l'homme, il est essentiel que les résidents et les visiteurs soient conscients des risques potentiels qu'ils encourent.

Le cobra royal (Ophiophagus hannah)

Connu comme le plus long serpent venimeux de la planète, le cobra royal fait peur à beaucoup. Sa longueur impressionnante et son puissant venin neurotoxique en font un prédateur redoutable. Présent dans les forêts et les zones agricoles de Bali, ce serpent préfère éviter la confrontation, mais lorsqu'il est menacé, il soulève son corps du sol et déploie son capuchon emblématique en guise de signal d'avertissement. Les rencontres avec ce serpent sont rares, car il chasse principalement des proies telles que des rongeurs, d'autres serpents et même de petits mammifères.

Le python réticulé (Python reticulatus)

Le python réticulé, l'une des plus grandes espèces de serpents au monde, attire l'attention. Bien qu'il ne soit pas venimeux, son immense taille et ses capacités de constriction constituent une menace unique. Ces pythons habitent les forêts de Bali, souvent près des sources d'eau, et sont d'habiles nageurs. Ils s'attaquent aux petits mammifères et aux oiseaux, utilisant leurs puissantes spirales pour extraire la vie de leurs victimes. Les pythons réticulés sont généralement craintifs mais peuvent devenir agressifs s'ils sont provoqués.

La vipère de Pit à lèvres blanches (Trimeresurus albolabris)

La vipère de Pit à lèvres blanches est un serpent venimeux que l'on trouve dans les jungles luxuriantes de Bali. Elle est facilement reconnaissable à sa lèvre supérieure blanche et à ses écailles d'un vert éclatant. Bien qu'elle soit généralement recluse, les rencontres avec cette espèce peuvent être dangereuses en raison de la puissance de son venin.

Krait (genre Bungarus)

Le serpent krait est un reptile très venimeux que l'on trouve dans les forêts de la région. Reconnaissable à ses bandes noires et blanches ou jaunes distinctives, ce prédateur nocturne se nourrit de petits mammifères et d'autres serpents. Bien que les rencontres soient rares, leur venin puissant en fait un sujet de préoccupation important pour les habitants et les visiteurs.

Si la simple évocation de serpents dangereux peut faire frémir, il est important de rappeler que ces serpents jouent un rôle essentiel dans l'écosystème. La biodiversité unique de Bali est un équilibre délicat, et la compréhension et le respect des habitats de ces créatures sont essentiels à leur survie et à la nôtre. Si vous avez la chance de rencontrer un serpent dans la nature, la meilleure chose à faire est de garder une distance de sécurité et de le laisser s'éloigner.

Les serpents de Bali nous rappellent que la nature est diverse et impressionnante, mais qu'elle exige notre respect et notre attention. En étant informés et responsables, nous pouvons profiter de la beauté de Bali tout en coexistant harmonieusement avec ses habitants énigmatiques et sauvages.

N'oubliez pas que la prévention est la meilleure stratégie. Lorsque vous vous trouvez dans des zones exposées aux serpents, portez des chaussures appropriées, évitez de marcher dans les hautes herbes ou les broussailles et soyez prudent lorsque vous pénétrez dans des crevasses ou des endroits cachés. Garder une distance respectueuse avec les serpents et être conscient de son environnement peut réduire considérablement le risque de morsure de serpent.