Krait

Word KRAIT
Character 5
Hyphenation ‖Krait
Pronunciations /kɹaɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Krait"

What do we mean by krait?

Any of several highly venomous snakes of the genus Bungarus of South and Southeast Asia, having a generally black body with brightly colored bands. noun

A small snake, Bungarus cæruleus or B. candidus, extremely venomous, and common throughout the greater part of the Indian subregion. noun

A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus cœruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish. noun

Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia. noun

Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula noun

Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.

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The word "krait" in example sentences

At sight of the group, the krait raised their neck frills and hissed angrily. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

The next cell held three krait—creatures with reptilian heads and human torsos and serpent abdomens. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

Divided into sections (the Americas, Australasia, Asia, Africa, Europe), it provides natural history images painstakingly rendered by artists over centuries, which depict new forms of flora and fauna that the European world was just discovering - from the banded krait (a snake) to the white-tailed gnu. ❋ Post (2010)

There, a white man, Harry Pope, lies in bed, sweating with fear because he believes a krait, a venomous nocturnal snake, has slithered under the sheets and curled up on his stomach. ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

Some 19 species of snake occur in the park including king cobra Ophiophagus hannah, green pit viper Trimeresurus albolabris, common krait Bungarus caeruleus and Indian python Python molurus (V). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Reptiles include water snakes, Indian python Python molurus (V), banded krait Bungarus fasciatus, green rat snake Zaocys nigromarginatus, turtles (Lissemys punctatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Kachuga tectum and Hardella thurgi) and monitor lizard Varanus sp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The status and natural history of the Rennell Island sea krait, Laticauda crockeri (Serpentes: Laticauda). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Black-banded sea krait L. laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a large (1.1 m long), wide-ranging species. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Species in Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines have been reported from lakes, and in fact two species are restricted to lakes: one of these is a sea krait that inhabits Rennell Island in the Solomons, and the other is H. semperi of Lake Taal on Luzon Island. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The Yellow-lipped sea krait L. colubrina, the most studied laticaudid, is reportedly quite agile on land (which fits nicely with amino acid data indicating that it is the most basal member of the group) while L. crockeri is rarely, if ever, seen on land. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Again the species concerned is the Yellow-lipped sea krait, where the larger, more broad-headed females feed primarily on conger eels, while the smaller, more slim-headed males take the smaller moray eels (Shetty & Shine 2002b). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Lake Tegano is the only known location for the endemic sea krait Laticauda crockeri (VU). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Poisonous snakes include the banded-coral snake Maticora intestinalis, the red headed krait, Bungarus flaviceps and the white-spotted cat snake Boigo drapiezii. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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