Banded Krait ରଣା

Venomous- Neurotoxic 
Common Name: Banded Krait 
Odia Name: ରଣା
Zoological Name: Bungarus fasciatus
Family: Elapidae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Smooth-scaled. Short tail with blunt & rounded tip. Body and tail triangular in cross-section;vertebral ridge prominent.Equally spaced, wide yellow and black bands.
Newly hatched snakes have yellowish-white or greyish-yellow and black bands.
Mid-dorsal scale hexagonal (6 sided). Often confused with Banded kukri snakes and many wolf snakes. A nocturnal snake.

Look-alikes: Banded kukri

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IFSC Code: 

BARB0SABHUB

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Snake Helpline

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24280100011242

Bank:

Bank of Baroda

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Samantarapur Branch, Bhubaneswar, Odisha