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red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps)
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red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps)


Bungarus flaviceps or Red-headed Krait found at Bukit Fraser (Fraser's Hill), Pahang, Malaysia. May 2016.
Date 13 May 2016 (according to Exif data)
Author touchthestove
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-headed_Krait.jpg

The red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps) is a large venomous elapid snake with dramatic coloration. In Southeast Asia, the red-headed krait occurs in Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra, with a subspecies in Borneo.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: Bungarus flaviceps Reinhardt, 1843
Synonyms:
Megærophis formosus Gray, 1849
Megærophis flaviceps Günther, 1864

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Scientific Name: Bungarus flaviceps Reinhardt, 1843
Common Names: Red-headed Krait; [German] Rotkopf-Krait
Synonyms:
Elaps bivirgatus (nec Elaps bivirgatus BOIE 1827) - SCHLEGEL 1837
Megaerophis flaviceps - GÜNTHER 1864
Maticora intermedia WESTERMANN 1942

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