Many-banded krait

Bungarus multicinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Bungarus
Species:	B. multicinctus
Binomial name
	Bungarus multicinctus;

Bungarus multicinctus (also known as the Taiwanese banded krait) is the species of krait which produces α-bungarotoxin.

A snake of this species was responsible for the death of Joseph Bruno Slowinski.^[1] This snake has the 4th most toxic venom measured by the ld50 test[ in mice] of any snake in the world.[[1]]

References

^ IN MEMORY OF Joseph B. Slowinski at Natural History Museum

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[1] IN MEMORY OF Joseph B. Slowinski at Natural History Museum

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