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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Bangladesh

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Elapids

Bungarus spp., Kraits

Bungarus caeruleus	X
Bungarus fasciatus	X
Bungarus lividus	X
Bungarus niger	X
Bungarus walli	X

Calliophis spp., Oriental coral snakes

Calliophis melanurus

X

Naja sp., Asian cobras

Naja kaouthia	X
Naja naja	X

Ophiophagus spp., King cobras

Ophiophagus hannah

X

Sinomicrurus spp., Asian coral snakes

Sinomicrurus gorei	X
Sinomicrurus macclellandi	X

Pit Vipers

Ovophis spp., Mountain pitvipers

Ovophis monticola

X

Protobothrops spp., -

Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

NE

Trimeresurus spp., Bamboo pitvipers and others

Trimeresurus erythrurus	X
Trimeresurus popeiorum	SE
Trimeresurus septentrionalis	?

Vipers

Daboia spp., Oriental vipers, Orientalische Vipern

Daboia russelii

X

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis carinatus

W

Colubrids

Rhabdophis spp., in particular: R. tigrinus and R. subminiatus, Keelbacks

Rhabdophis subminiatus

X