Bungarus niger

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Greater Black Krait
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: B. niger
Binomial name
Bungarus niger
Wall, 1908

Greater Black Krait Bungarus niger is a species of snake found in India (Assam [Cachar district], Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) ), Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Type locality: "Tindharia, eastern Himalayas, India"

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  • Grosselet, O., M. Vauche, A. Gupta & S. Gupta 2004 Bungarus niger Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) : Extension of range to Cachar district, Assam, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11 (1): 10-11.
  • Slowinski J B. 1994 A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28 (4): 440-446.
  • Tillack, Frank and Wolfgang Grossmann 2001 Ein neuer Nachweis zur Schlangenfauna Nepals: Bungarus niger Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae). Sauria 23 (1): 3-9
  • Wall,F. 1908 A popular treatise of the common Indian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 711-735