Bungarus sindanus

The Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus) is a species of krait, a venomous elapid snake found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Three subspecies are recognized. It can be confused with the common krait and even with the Indian rat snake. The sind krait is generally 1 m (3 ft) with some specimens as long as 1.8 m (6 ft). Their most visible feature is their narrow white bands, though bands can be either yellow or grey depending on the color variation, young have white spots on the one-third of body instead of bands (which are visible when the younger one has grown), they have egg-shaped head with short snout, small eyes, upper lips either yellow or white and pointed tip tail. Sind kraits are nocturnal. B. sindanus is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan and USA It is recorded in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Midnapur District), Rajasthan, and Gujarat in India. The geographic ranges of the subspecies are: The subspecific name, walli, is in honor of British herpetologist Frank Wall, who named the taxon after himself, admitting that it was a 'breach of ethics' to do so.