Suzhen's krait

Como reconhecer

• Black and white crossbands along the body, a feature shared by all banded kraits of the genus Bungarus1
• The top of the head is uniform black1
• The lower half of the head and the underside of the head are yellowish-white1
• The iris (coloured part of the eye) is dark black1
• Experts tell it apart from other banded kraits by the shape of its crossbands and by its head and tail patterns1

Muitas vezes confundido com: It is often confused with the immature black-and-white banded krait. Suzhen's krait has a different shape of crossbands, tail pattern, head pattern and mid-body pattern, and differs in its teeth and male reproductive organs, which only experts can check.1