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Bungarus candidus

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Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Erroneous.

Malayan Krait

Singapore records.

Bungarus candidus —Sharma, 1973: 235.—Chou, 1986: 8, 13.—F.L.K. Lim & Lee, 1989: 116.— Gopalakrishnakone, 1990: 3.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 54.—F.L.K. Lim, 1991: 74.— K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 87, 148.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.— David & Vogel, 1996: 143.— Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 416.—Chan-ard et al., 1999: 37.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 119.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 148.— de Lang & Vogel, 2005: 259.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 169.— Das, 2010: 313.— Chanhome et al., 2011: 314.—P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 302.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 169.— Das, 2012a: 88.— Mohammadi et al., 2014: 21.—Wallach et al., 2014: 128.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 250.— de Lang, 2017: 238.— Cox et al., 2018: 50.— Das, 2018: 105.—Y. Xie et al., 2018: 109.— Grahadi et al., 2022: 1047, 1049, 1052.

“Malayan krait”—Mong & H.H. Tan, 2016: 266.

Remarks. All of the publications listed in the chresynonymy report B. candidus as occurring in Singapore but none list any material or specific source for the record. We have also not been able to find any earlier references to B. candidus from Singapore and no specimens exist in museum collections. We suspect inclusion of B. candidus into Singapore’s herpetofauna checklist may stem from confusion with B. fasciatus. A piece of shed skin found at Pulau Tekong in 2002 is said to be of B. candidus, but was not confirmed (K.K.P. Lim unpub. data). Bungarus candidus is distributed from Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam south to Peninsular Malaysia, and Bawean, Bali, Java, Karimunjawa, and Sumatra in Indonesia (Wallach et al. 2014).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Pulau Tekong: ZRC.2.5485 (02-Jul-2002).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, pp. 1-378 in Zootaxa 5287 (1) on page 273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7960319

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Biodiversity

Family
Elapidae
Genus
Bungarus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
candidus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023

References

  • Gopalakrishnakone, P. (1990) A Colour Guide to Dangerous Animals. Singapore University Press, Singapore, 156 pp.
  • Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (1992) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
  • Chou L. M., Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. (1994) Animalia. In: Wee, Y. C. & Ng, P. K. L. (Eds.), A First Look at Biodiversity in Singapore. National Council on the Environment, Singapore, pp. 70 - 106.
  • David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996) The Snakes of Sumatra: An Annotated Checklist and Key with Natural History Notes. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt-am-Main, 260 pp.
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. (1997) Amphibien und Reptilian Sudostasien. Natur und Tier, M ¸ nster, 512 pp.
  • Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. (2001) A Checklist of Southeast Asian and New Guinean Reptiles. Part I. Serpentes. Biodiversity Conservation Project (Indonesian Institute of Sciences - Japan International Cooperation Agency - The Ministry of Forestry). The Gibbon Foundation and Institute of Technology, Bandung, 195 pp.
  • Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (2002) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Revised Edition. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
  • de Lang, R. & Vogel, G. (2005) The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 312 pp.
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  • Chanhome, L., Cox, M. J., Vasaruchapong, T., Chaiyabutr, N. & Sitprija, V. (2011) Characterization of venomous snakes of Thailand. Asian Biomedicine, 5 (3), 311 - 328.
  • Das, I. (2012 a) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 160 pp.
  • Mohammadi, S., Kluever, B. M., Tamashiro, T., Amano, Y. & Hill III, J. G. (2014) Short note spatial and Thermal observations of a Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus) From Thailand. Tropical Natural History, 14 (1), 21 - 26.
  • de Lang, R. (2017) The Snakes of Java, Bali and Surrounding Islands. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 435 pp.
  • Cox, M. J., Hoover, M. F., Chanhome, L., Thirakhupt, K. & Pongcharoen, C. (2018) A Field Guide to the Venomous Snakes of Mainland ASEAN Nations. Parbpim Limited Partnership, Bangkok, ix + 83 pp.
  • Das, I. (2018) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia. 2 nd Edition. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 176 pp.
  • Grahadi, R., Fatchiyah, F. & Kurniawan, N. (2022) Virtual prediction of potential immunogenic epitope of candoxin protein from Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) venom. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 10 (6), 1046 - 1057. https: // doi. org / 10.56499 / jppres 22.1469 _ 10.6.1046