Bungarus slowinskii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Bungarus |
| Species: | B. slowinskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Bungarus slowinskii Kuch et al., 2005
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Bungarus slowinskii, the Red River krait, is a
Taxonomy
Ulrich Kuch and colleagues described the species in 2005.[3] The specific name, slowinskii, honors Joseph Bruno Slowinski, an American herpetologist who died from a krait bite at age 38.[2][4]
Description
B. slowinskii has a color pattern of alternating wide black rings and narrow white rings on its body and tail. The dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows at midbody. The dorsal scales in the vertebral row are enlarged and hexagonal. The subcaudal scales are divided.[2]
Distribution and habitat
B. slowinskii is currently known from Vietnam,[1][2] northeastern Thailand, [2][5] and Laos.[2] The preferred natural habitat of B. slowinskii is forest, at altitudes of 400–700 m (1,300–2,300 ft).[1]
Reproduction
B. slowinskii is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bungarus slowinskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 February 2021.
- Donnelly, Maureen A.; Mebs, Dietrich (2005). "A New Species of Krait (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Red River System of Northern Vietnam". Copeia 2005 (4): 818–833. (Bungarus slowinskii, new species).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bungarus slowinskii, p. 246).
- ^ Smits, Ton; Hauser, Sjon (2019). "First record of the krait Bungarus slowinskii Kuch, Kizirian, Nguyen, Lawson, Donelly and Mebs, 2005 (Squamata: Elapidae) from Thailand"". Tropical Natural History. 19 (2): 43–50.
Further reading
- Kharin, Vladimir E.; Orlov, Nikolai L.; Ananjeva, Natalia B. (2011). "New Records and Redescription of Rare and Little-Known Elapid Snake Bungarus slowinskii (Serpentes: Elapidae: Bungarinae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 284–294.
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