Wildlifeof India
Bungarus suzhenae
Cobras, Kraits & Sea Snakes
Photo: Chen Z-N, Shi S-C, Vogel G, Ding L, Shi J-S (2021) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Bungarus suzhenae
Basic stats
Diet
Eels and small snakes (in captivity)
Range
China (Yunnan), Myanmar (Kachin State) and India (Nagaland, Manipur)
Bungarus suzhenae is a venomous krait. The lower half of the head, including the lower lip scales and the snout tip, is yellowish-white. Herpetologist Joseph B. Slowinski died from a bite of this species in 2001, while leading an expedition in northern Myanmar; it was first thought to have been a bite from a juvenile black-and-white banded krait (Wikipedia, general species account).
In captivity it preys on eels such as the Asian swamp eel and on small snakes such as the yellow-spotted keelback, but refuses mice and frogs. The Reptile Database lists Nagaland and Manipur in India.
Quick answers
- What does the Bungarus suzhenae eat?
- Eels and small snakes (in captivity)
- Where is the Bungarus suzhenae found?
- China (Yunnan), Myanmar (Kachin State) and India (Nagaland, Manipur)