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Common krait

Bungarus ceylonicus

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Elapidae

Bungarus ceylonicus, the Ceylon krait or Sri Lankan krait, is a species of venomous elapid snake which is endemic to the island Sri Lanka, locally known as මුදු කරවලා (mudu karawalaa). Description The Sri Lankan krait is small and slender. On hatching, the length of the snake is about 250 mm (9.

Distribution

(c) Pieter Prins, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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