Bungarus sindanus, the Sind krait, is a species of krait, a venomous elapid snake found in India, Iran, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. Three subspecies are recognized. It can be confused with the common krait.
It is known as Sindh/Sind Krait because it was discovered in Sindh province of Pakistan.
The subspecific name, walli, is in honor of British herpetologist Frank Wall, who named the taxon after himself, admitting that it was a "breach of ethics" to do so.
The Sind krait is generally 1 m (3 ft) with some specimens as long as 1.8 m (6 ft). Their most visible feature is their narrow white bands, though the bands can be either yellow or grey depending on the color variation. The young have white spots on one-third of their body instead of bands (which develop at maturity). They have an egg-shaped head with a short snout, small eyes, upper lips either yellow or white and pointed tip tail. Dorsal scales are smooth and glossy with the vertebral row enlarged and hexagonal. Dorsal scale count 19 ( 21 ) - 17 ( 19 ) - 17.
Bungarus sindanus is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is recorded in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Midnapur District), Rajasthan, and Gujarat in India. The geographic ranges of the subspecies are:
Sind kraits are nocturnal & often get close to humans.They are responsible for 40% of krait bites in Bangladesh
