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Unknown On Thursday, 13 November 2014

Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)


Bungarus flaviceps, also commonly known as Red-headed Krait is one of the largest venomous elapid snake with unique body color. Adult snakes can grow up to almost 7 feet long. They are commonly found around South East Asia, specifically; Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. These snakes make rainforests in mountainous area as their habitat and rarely around where humans live. In addition, they usually hunt out during the night and they are partially aquatic as well. That aside, their main diet consist of skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians, small mammals, snakes and snake eggs. These breed of snakes are infamous for having really lethal venom that causes serious damage to the nervous system.

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