Banded Krait

Highly recognizable black-yellow banded krait.

GenusBungarus

RegionAsiaSoutheast Asia

Misidentification risk

Photo: Rushen · Source: Wikimedia Commons · License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Banded Krait

Photo: Rushen · Source: Wikimedia Commons · License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Banded Krait

Danger Score

Final Danger Score

Venom Core

Lethality weighted 55% (potency × yield). Clinical weighted 45% (real-world CFR).

0.55 × 42 + 0.45 × 7556.9

Modifiers

Multiplicative scalers - amplify or reduce existing danger, can't create it from nothing.

× Speed (1.01)57.4

× Delivery (1.00)57.4

× Encounter (0.86)49.4

Speed = antivenom window. Delivery = fang efficiency. Encounter = exposure × temperament.

Score49

Type

NeurotoxicAffects the nervous system; disrupts nerve-muscle communication and can cause paralysis or respiratory failure.

Venom Yield

Moderate

Venom Speed

Quick

Delivery Method

Fixed front fangs

Potency (SC Equivalent)

2.400mg/kg LD50

Max Dry Yield

50mg dry

Fatality (Untreated)

10-30%

WHO Importance

Cat. 1

Local Effects

Pain at bite site

Neurological

Paralysis

Gastrointestinal

Nausea or vomiting

Causes of Death

Respiratory failure