Bungarus niger

Taxobox | name = Greater Black Krait
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
genus = "Bungarus"
species = "B. niger"
binomial = "Bungarus niger"
binomial_authority = Wall, 1908

Greater Black Krait "Bungarus niger" is a species of snake found in India (Assam [Cachar district] , Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh (Miao - Changlang district, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) ), Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.Type locality: "Tindharia, eastern Himalayas, India"

References

* Grosselet, O., M. Vauche, A. Gupta & S. Gupta 2004 Bungarus niger Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) : Extension of range to Cachar district, Assam, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11 (1): 10-11.
* Slowinski J B. 1994 A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28 (4): 440-446.
* Tillack, Frank and Wolfgang Grossmann 2001 Ein neuer Nachweis zur Schlangenfauna Nepals: Bungarus niger Wall, 1908 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae). Sauria 23 (1): 3-9
* Wall,F. 1908 A popular treatise of the common Indian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 711-735