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Burmese krait

Bungarus magnimaculatus Wall & Evans, 1901

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The burmese krait (Bungarus magnimaculatus) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.15 kg and live up to 14 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Myanmar (Burma).

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Quick facts about the burmese krait

Weight
1.15 kg
Length
up to 1.3 m
Lifespan
14 years
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
17.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Egg incubation
56.5 days
Young per litter or clutch
8
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the burmese krait live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The burmese krait is listed for 1 country.

Myanmar
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Myanmar (Burma)

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the burmese krait endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the burmese krait classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyElapidae
  6. genusBungarus
  7. SpeciesBungarus magnimaculatus Wall & Evans, 1901

Synonyms Bungarus caeruleus magnimaculata

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Splendid kraitEnglish
  • Burmesisk KraitDanish
  • Krait birmanoItalian
  • Крупнопятнистый крайтRussian
  • Rắn cạp nia Miến ĐiệnVietnamese
  • 银环蛇Chinese
  • Bungaro birmanoItalian
  • Bungaro della BirmaniaItalian
  • Bungaro di BirmaniaItalian
  • Krait della BirmaniaItalian
  • Krait di BirmaniaItalian
  • 緬甸環蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the burmese krait

Other species in the same genus Bungarus.

Blue krait

Bungarus candidus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the burmese krait?

An adult burmese krait weighs 1.15 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the burmese krait live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the burmese krait for 1 country: Myanmar (Burma). Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the burmese krait live?

The burmese krait has a recorded lifespan of 14 years.

What kind of animal is the burmese krait?

The burmese krait (Bungarus magnimaculatus) belongs to the family Elapidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Burmese krait (Bungarus magnimaculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-krait

MLA

“Burmese krait (Bungarus magnimaculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-krait.

BibTeX
@misc{burmese_krait_2026,
  title = {Burmese krait (Bungarus magnimaculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/burmese-krait},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}