What is a striped crayfit?

Banded Krait or bungarus fasciatus is a kind of poisonous snake from Southeast Asia, Bangladesh and India. This species is strikingly colored with black and yellow or black and white or white, black head and yellow or white belly. Bandred Krait's habitat is as diverse as the rodents, its preferred prey. Individuals are generally night and non -aggressive, although it is a poison that it is as deadly as in common Cobra.

It is easy to identify a striped crayfit. Its colored body is made up of alternating black and yellow or white belt. The head is black and wide with yellow marking a similar arrow. His lips, neck and underside are also yellow or white. This snake can grow up to 83.7 inches (2.13 meters) long. They are located in forests, coastal areas and almost deadlines. Fields and mangrove groves are other common habitats. This snake is often seen near villages and human settlements where rodents and water are easily accessible.

This snake species is notHow the most at night when they hunt. During the day, the striped crayfit usually combines in tall grass, runoff or pits. It is slow and slow to react while there is light outside.

rodents and some snakes, including snake rats, cat snake and keelback, are a common Kraita prey. Venom paralyzes prey, which is then swallowed first. Banded Krait can also eat lizards, fish and snake eggs.

There is no specific antiven for a neurotoxic poison for striped crayfit. There are few records that this snake bites human beings, because it is primarily a night species. Toxin does not cause much pain or swelling, but can affect muscles and coordination and even lead to respiratory paralysis.

When a striped crayfit feels common reaction is to try to hide your head in the coils of your own body. The shy temperament and the small head of the species partially explain this unwillingness to bite. Because this snake is a night, the probability that a human being was fatally bitten during the day.

During the Vietnam War, American soldiers marked a striped crayfit as a two -stage snake. Many of them believed that once the person was bitten, death was secured after only two more steps. This exaggeration is going a little for this kind for people, even if it helps kill rodents and other snakes.