Bungarus walli

Bungarus walli, the Sind krait,[lower-alpha 1] is a species of krait, a venomous elapid snake found in northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal,[1][3] and Bhutan.[1] It has previously been treated as a subspecies of Bungarus sindanus (also known as the Sind krait), but is now considered a valid species.[1][3]

Bungarus walli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species:
B. walli
Binomial name
Bungarus walli
Wall, 1907[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Bungarus sindanus walli
    Wall, 1907

Etymology

This taxon is named in honour of British herpetologist Frank Wall, who named the taxon after himself, admitting that it was a "breach of ethics" to do so.[2][4]

Habitat

Bungarus walli occurs in forests, agricultural fields, and rural and urbanized areas. It is locally common.[1]

Notes
  1. Bungarus walli doesn not occur in Sindh (Pakistan). This common name apparently carries over from the period when this taxon was part of Bungarus sindanus.

References
  1. Ghosh, A.; Giri, V.; Limbu, K.P.; Hasan, M.K.; Wangyal, J.T. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Bungarus walli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T127914642A219117447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127914642A219117447.en. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. Wall, F. (1907). "A new krait from Oudh (Bungarus walli)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay Natural History Society. 17: 155–157.
  3. Bungarus walli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 August 2023.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bungarus sindanus walli, p. 79).


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