Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 7

Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus

Dorsal body of neonates/juveniles and 18% of adults with cross bands ( Fig. 1F ); body of other adults without obvious markings ( Figs. 1G, H ), but the scales around the mid-dorsal line on 51% of these adults grayish ( Fig. 1G ) or grayish green; some sheds with grayish green or even light orange ventrals; body scales smooth; vertebral scales enlarged and hexagonal; anal scale entire and subcaudals not divided.

Figures

Fig. 1. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body (at a position about two head lengths posterior to the head), middle body, and posterior body (at a position about two head lengths anterior to the vent) of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Achalinus formosanus formosanus (not patterned; adult); (B) A. niger (not patterned; adult); (C) Amphiesma stolatum (patterned; adult); (D) Boiga kraepelini (patterned; adult); (E) B. kraepelini (not patterned; adult); (F) Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus (patterned; juvenile); (G) B. m. multicinctus (not-patterned but tinted with gray; adult); (H) B. m. multicinctus (not patterned; adult); (I) Calamaria pavimentata pavimentata (not patterned; adult); (J) Cyclophiops major (patterned; neonate). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.