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| image = Sind Krait.jpg<br />
| name = Sind krait<br />
| genus = Bungarus<br />
| species = sindanus<br />
| authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1897<br />
| synonyms = <br />
* ''Bungarus walli'' <br>{{small|[[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1907}}<br />
* ''Bungarus caeruleus sindanus'' <br>{{small|— [[:de:Konrad Klemmer|Klemmer]], 1963}}<br />
| synonyms_ref =<ref name="RDB">"''Bungarus sindanus'' ". The Reptile Database. Reptile-database.org.</ref><br />
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'''''Bungarus sindanus''''', the '''Sind krait''', is a [[species]] of [[krait]], a venomous [[Elapidae|elapid]] [[snake]] found in [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], and [[Pakistan]]. Three [[subspecies]] are recognized. It can be confused with the [[common krait]] and even with the [[Ptyas mucosa|Indian rat snake]].<br />
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==Description==<br />
The Sind krait is generally {{convert|1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} with some specimens as long as {{convert|1.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. Their most visible feature is their narrow white bands, though the bands can be either yellow or grey depending on the color variation. The young have white spots on one-third of their body instead of bands (which develop at maturity). They have an egg-shaped head with a short snout, small eyes, upper lips either yellow or white and pointed tip tail.<ref name="wildlifeofpakistan.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/krait.htm|title=Snakes of Pakistan: Common Krait, Sindhi Krait, Northern Punjab Krait|website=Wildlifeofpakistan.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>Dorsal scales are smooth and glossy with the vertebral row enlarged and hexagonal. Dorsal scale count 19 ( 21 ) - 17 ( 19 ) - 17. <br />
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==Behavior==<br />
Sind kraits are [[nocturnal]] & often get close to humans .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.she-india.org/case-of-the-walls-sindh-krait-bite/|title=About SHE|website=She-india.org|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="wildlifeofpakistan.com"/><br />
They are responsible for 40% of krait bites in [[Bangladesh]]<br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
''Bungarus sindanus'' is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is recorded in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Maharashtra]], [[West Bengal]] ([[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]] and [[Paschim Medinipur district|Midnapur]] District), [[Rajasthan]], and [[Gujarat]] in India. The geographic ranges of the subspecies are:<br />
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*''Bungarus sindanus razai'' [[:fr:Muhammad Sharif Khan|Khan]], 1985 - north Pakistan<br />
*''Bungarus sindanus sindanus'' [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1897 - southern Pakistan, adjacent India; type locality: [[Sindh]], West Pakistan<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Subspecies|subspecific name]], ''walli'', is in honor of British herpetologist [[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Frank Wall]], who named the taxon after himself, admitting that it was a "breach of ethics" to do so.<ref>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).</ref><ref>Wall (1907).</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1897). "A new krait from Sind (''Bungarus sindanus'')". ''J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.'' '''11''': 73–74.<br />
*Kuch, Ulrich (2004). ''Bungarus sindanus'' Boulenger, 1897, an addition to the venomous snake fauna of Afghanistan". ''Herpetozoa'' '''16''' (3/4): 171–173.<br />
*Vyas, Raju (1998). "Unusual marking pattern in krait ''Bungarus sindanus'' ". ''Cobra'' '''32''': 34–35.<br />
*[[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall F]] (1907). "A new krait from Oudh (''Bungarus walli'')". ''J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.'' '''17''': 155–157.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{NRDB species|genus=Bungarus|species=sindanus}}<br />
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[[Category:Bungarus|sindanus]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of Sindh]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1897]]<br />
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