Bungarus candidus

Bungarus candidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: Bungarus candidus

Name

Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NRM 37 (formerly ZIUS 89).
• Type locality: “Indiis” (in error).

Combinations

• Coluber candidus Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
• Bungarus candidus — Cantor, 1847: 113 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932: 73 [synonymsed by Slowinski (1994: 441)]
  • Holotype: RMNH 9007, adult ♀, collected by Kopstein in 1931.
  • Type locality: “Soember, Cheribon” [=Matanghadji, Distrikt Soember, Cheribon, West-Java, Indonesia].

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Kopstein, F. 1932. Bungarus javanicus, eine neue Giftschlange von Java. Treubia 14: 73–89.
• Slowinski, J.B. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28(4): 440–446. DOI: 10.2307/1564956 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuch, U. & Mebs, D. 2007. The identity of the Javan Krait, Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932 (Squamata: Elapidae): evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence analyses and morphology. Zootaxa 1426: 1–26. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, N.T.T., Nguyen, L.T., Vo, B.D., Vindum, J.V., Murphy, R.W., Che, J. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2017. A new color pattern of the Bungarus candidus complex (Squamata: Elapidae) from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4268(4): 563–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.7 Reference page. 
• Chen, Z.-N., Shi, S.-C., Vogel, G., Ding, L. & Shi, J.-S. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar. ZooKeys 1025: 35–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bungarus candidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2017.
• Wogan, G., Vogel, G., Grismer, L., Chan-Ard, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Bungarus candidus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192238A2059709. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192238A2059709.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Blauer Krait
English: Blue Krait
français: Bongare candide
Bahasa Indonesia: Weling
polski: Niemrawiec malajski
Tiếng Việt: Cạp nia nam

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