Bangladeshi snakes
| Family | Scientific name | Common name & Bangla name |
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| Elapidae |
Bungarus caeruleus* |
Common krait (Kal-keutey) |
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Bungarus fasciatus* |
Banded krait (Shankhini shap) |
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Bungarus lividus* |
Lesser black krait (Choto kalo-keutey) |
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Bungarus niger* |
Greater black krait (Kalo-keutey) |
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Bungarus walli* |
Wall's krait (Wally keutey) |
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Callophis melanurus |
Slender coral snake (Sharu prabal shap) |
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Sinomicrurus macclellandi |
MacClelland's coral snake (MacCleland-er prabal shap) |
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Naja kaouthia* |
Monocellate cobra (Gokhra) |
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Naja naja* |
Binocellate/Spectacled cobra (Khoia gokhra) |
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Ophiophagus hannah |
King cobra (Padmagokhra/Rajgokhra/Shankhochur) |
| Hydrophiidae |
Laticauda laticaudata |
Common sea krait (Baloyjukto uvochor shap) |
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L. colubrina |
Yellow-lipped sea snake (Colubrine uvochor shap) |
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Hydrophis nigrocinctus |
Black-banded sea snake (Kalo balayjukto samudrik shap) |
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H. cyanocinctus |
Annulated sea snake (Kalo-halud banded lathi shap) |
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H. obscurus |
Estuarine sea snake (Mohnar lathi shap) |
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H. fasciatus |
Banded sea snake (Banded lathi shap) |
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H. caerulescens |
Malacca/Blue/Many-toothed sea snake (Malaca samudrik shap) |
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H. gracilis |
Common small-headed sea snake (Sharu-matha samudrik shap) |
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H. cantoris |
Cantor narrow-headed sea snake (Cantor-er sharu matha samudrik shap) |
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H. ornatus |
Cochin banded sea snake (Banded shamudrik shap) |
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H. stricticollis |
Bengal sea snake (Shamudrik shap) |
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Lapemis curtus |
Short sea snake (Baman samudrik shap) |
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Pelamis platurus |
Black and yellow sea snake (Kalo-halud samudrik shap) |
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Astrotia stokesii |
Large-headed/Stokes' sea snake (Barto-matha samudrik shap) |
| Viperidae |
Daboia russelii |
Russell's viper(Chandro-bora) |
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Trimeresurus gramineus |
Bamboo pit viper (Bansh bora) |
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T. popeiorum |
Pope's pit viper (Pope-er sabuj bora) |
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T. erythrurus |
Spot-tailed pit viper (Tila-leji sabuj bora) |
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T. albolabris |
Green pit viper (Sabuj bora) |
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Ovophis monticola |
Mountain pit viper (Pahari bora) |
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Protobothrops jerdonii |
Jerdon's pitviper(Jerdon bora) |
*Clinically important venomous snakes of Bangladesh