Species | Authority | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
---|---|---|---|---|
B. andamanensis | Biswas & Sanyal, 1978 | 0 | South Andaman krait | India (Andaman Island) |
B. bungaroides | (Cantor, 1839) | 0 | Northeastern hill krait | Myanmar, India (Assam, Cachar, Sikkim), Nepal, Vietnam |
B. caeruleusT | (Schneider, 1801) | 0 | common krait | Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal |
B. candidus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 0 | Malayan krait, blue krait | Cambodia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi), Malaysia (Malaya), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
B. ceylonicus | Günther, 1864 | 1 | Sri Lankan krait | Sri Lanka |
B. fasciatus | (Schneider, 1801) | 0 | banded krait | Bangladesh, Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, south China (incl. Hong Kong, Hainan), north-east India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo), Laos, Macau; Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
B. flaviceps | (Reinhardt, 1843) | 1 | red-headed krait | South Thailand, South Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, Pulau Tioman, Indonesia (Bangka, Sumatra, Java, Billiton, Borneo) |
B. lividus | Cantor, 1839 | 0 | lesser black krait | India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
B. magnimaculatus | Wall and Evans, 1901 | 0 | Burmese krait | Myanmar |
B. multicinctus | Blyth, 1861 | 1 | many-banded krait | Taiwan, south China (incl. Hong Kong, Hainan), Myanmar, Laos, north Vietnam, Thailand |
B. niger | Wall, 1908 | 0 | greater black krait | India (Assam, Sikkim), Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan |
B. sindanus | Boulenger, 1897 | 2 | Sind krait | South-east Pakistan, India |
B. slowinskii | Kuch et al., 2005 | 0 | Red River krait | northern Vietnam |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
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