Local Name:	Sung Choor (Urdu)
Family:	ELAPIDAE
Genus:	Bungarus
Status:	Common
Warning:	This snake is deadly poisonous. The venom is highly toxic. It bites rarely, but in one study 77 percent of victims died. Treatment should be given to the victim immediately if bitten

Description and Biology:
The average length of this snake is 1.0 meters with a maximum lenght of 1.8 meters. It is moderately slender. Has a smooth. glossy appearance. The color varies. It can be blue-black, pale bluish-gray, steel blue, brown, uniformly black. There are paired narrow white, yellow, or grayish crossbands. Young specimens may have white spots instead of crossbands along first one-third of body. The underside is white. The head is egg-shaped, slightly distint from neck. The eyes are small, snout short, upper lip white or yellow and the tail is short with the tip pointed.

 

General characteristics:
The common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is a medium-sized snake, head barely distinguishable from neck; loreal scale absent; small dark eyes, round pupil, barely visible in life. Dorsum jet black to deep blue, which on preservation becomes dark : bluish luster. A series of 3—9 light vertebral spots followed by 38—56 paired narrow transverse bands. Supralabials and body ventrum white. Snout-vent length 1110-1125 mm, tail 145-157 mm.

 

The Sindhi Krait (Bungarus sindanus) has 17 midbody scale rows; ventrals 220-237, subcaudals 49-52. The dorsum is jet black, first light stripe appears at the level of 11 to 15th ventral. Snout-vent length 1029-1034 mm, tail 135-137 mm.

Description and Biology:
The average length of this snake is 1.0 meters with a maximum lenght of 1.8 meters. It is moderately slender. Has a smooth. glossy appearance. The color varies. It can be blue-black, pale bluish-gray, steel blue, brown, uniformly black. There are paired narrow white, yellow, or grayish crossbands. Young specimens may have white spots instead of crossbands along first one-third of body. The underside is white. The head is egg-shaped, slightly distint from neck. The eyes are small, snout short, upper lip white or yellow and the tail is short with the tip pointed.

 

General characteristics:
The common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is a medium-sized snake, head barely distinguishable from neck; loreal scale absent; small dark eyes, round pupil, barely visible in life. Dorsum jet black to deep blue, which on preservation becomes dark : bluish luster. A series of 3—9 light vertebral spots followed by 38—56 paired narrow transverse bands. Supralabials and body ventrum white. Snout-vent length 1110-1125 mm, tail 145-157 mm.

 

The Sindhi Krait (Bungarus sindanus) has 17 midbody scale rows; ventrals 220-237, subcaudals 49-52. The dorsum is jet black, first light stripe appears at the level of 11 to 15th ventral. Snout-vent length 1029-1034 mm, tail 135-137 mm.