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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is presently understood to be endemic to Myanmar (Smith 1943, Leviton et al. 2008). It may also occur in adjacent areas of Yunnan Province in China, Thailand, Lao PDR, Bangladesh and/or northeastern India, but it is currently unknown from those areas.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Myanmar
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Population [top]
Population: No information is available on this snakes population. Although it is not rare, it has not been encountered with sufficient frequency to estimate population trends (G. Wogan pers. comm. February 2012).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This nocturnal and terrestrial snake occurs dry tropical lowland forest and disturbed habitats close to plantations and villages (Leviton et al. 2003).
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Kraits are heavily collected from central Myanmar for export to China, where they are used in traditional medicine (G. Wogan pers. comm. August 2011), although specific data are lacking on the scale of use in this particular species. This snake is also harvested domestically for food due to its large size (G. Vogel pers. comm. August 2011)
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The extensive exploitation of kraits within this snakes range is believed to be a threat to this species population, as much of this species range coincides with the area of Myanmar subject to the highest levels of harvesting for the snake trade (G. Wogan pers. comm. February 2012). The impact of this use needs to be quantified, and it is not presently clear whether this snake is in decline.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Research is needed to clarify the effects of exploitation on this snake, and to investigate population trends.
Citation: Wogan, G. & Vogel, G. 2012. Bungarus magnimaculatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192232A2058913. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192232A2058913.en. Downloaded on 05 February 2016.
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