Bungarus

Translingual

Bungarus fasciatus (banded krait)

Etymology

From Telugu బంగారు (baṅgāru, “golden”).

Proper noun

Bungarus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – the kraits, found in South and Southeast Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Elapoidea - superfamily; Elapidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bungarus fasciatus (banded krait) - type species; Bungarus andamanensis (Andaman krait), Bungarus bungaroides (northeastern hill krait), Bungarus caeruleus (common krait, Indian krait), Bungarus candidus (blue krait), Bungarus ceylonicus (Sri Lankan krait), Bungarus flaviceps (red-headed krait), Bungarus lividus (lesser black krait), Bungarus magnimaculatus (Burmese krait), Bungarus multicinctus (many-banded krait), Bungarus niger (greater black krait), Bungarus sindanus (Sind krait), Bungarus slowinskii (Red River krait), Bungarus suzhenae (Suzhen's krait) - other species

References

• Bungarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bungarus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bungarus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons