Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801)

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1261

Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801)

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Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 adult; Sylhet Division, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila, rice paddy east of Fulbari Village ; 24°19.72′N, 091°48.70′E; 20 Jun. 2014; 22:50; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 3.343 .

Identification. Bungarus fasciatus has a triangular body with large vertebral scales, a black head and nape with a yellow “ V ” that does not connect at the apex on the top of the head, and distinct, broad, black-and-yellow, approximately equally sized bands ( Khan 2008). The voucher specimen had 31 yellow bands.

Habitat. This was the krait most associated with humanmodified habitats in LNP and was usually found in vil- lage habitat, tea plantation, paddy fields, and degraded forest.

Remarks. One specimen was observed by JH and ST in a fallow rice paddy as it consumed a Lycodon aulicus .