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Himalayan krait

Bungarus bungaroides (Cantor, 1839)

Status not recordedsnakes

The himalayan krait (Bungarus bungaroides) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 293.1 g and reach 1 m in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Myanmar (Burma).

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Quick facts about the himalayan krait

Weight
293.1 g
Length
1 m
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
30 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the himalayan krait?

HIMALAYAN KRAIT · LENGTH 1 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1 m, the recorded maximum length of the himalayan krait is about 59% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the himalayan 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 himalayan krait is listed for 1 country.

Myanmar
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Myanmar (Burma)

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the himalayan 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 himalayan krait classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyElapidae
  6. genusBungarus
  7. SpeciesBungarus bungaroides (Cantor, 1839)

Synonyms Elaps bungaroides, Xenurelaps bungaroides

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Northeastern hill kraitEnglish
  • Krait collinare nord-orientaleItalian
  • Karet sarpaNepali
  • Крайт КантораRussian
  • Rắn cạp nia đồi Đông BắcVietnamese
  • 环蛇Chinese
  • Bungaro collinare nord-orientaleItalian
  • 喜山環蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the himalayan 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 himalayan krait?

An adult himalayan krait weighs 293.1 g and measures 1 m long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the himalayan krait live?

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

What kind of animal is the himalayan krait?

The himalayan krait (Bungarus bungaroides) 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). Himalayan krait (Bungarus bungaroides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-krait

MLA

“Himalayan krait (Bungarus bungaroides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-krait.

BibTeX
@misc{himalayan_krait_2026,
  title = {Himalayan krait (Bungarus bungaroides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-krait},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}