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Suzhen’s krait

Bungarus suzhenae Chen, Shi, Vogel, Ding & Shi, 2021

Status not recordedsnakes

The suzhen’s krait (Bungarus suzhenae) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: China.

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Quick facts about the suzhen’s krait

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 1.31 m
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the suzhen’s 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 suzhen’s krait is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. China

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the suzhen’s 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 suzhen’s krait classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyElapidae
  6. genusBungarus
  7. SpeciesBungarus suzhenae Chen, Shi, Vogel, Ding & Shi, 2021

Synonyms Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Yingjiang-kraitDanish
  • Krait di SuzhenItalian
  • Rắn cạp nia SuzhenVietnamese
  • 素貞環蛇Chinese
  • Bungaro di SuzhenItalian
  • 素贞环蛇Chinese
  • 素贞环蛇 (sù zhēn huán shé)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the suzhen’s 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.

Where does the suzhen’s krait live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the suzhen’s krait for 1 country: China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the suzhen’s krait?

The suzhen’s krait (Bungarus suzhenae) 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). Suzhen’s krait (Bungarus suzhenae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/suzhens-krait

MLA

“Suzhen’s krait (Bungarus suzhenae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/suzhens-krait.

BibTeX
@misc{suzhens_krait_2026,
  title = {Suzhen’s krait (Bungarus suzhenae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/suzhens-krait},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}