Malayan Krait

Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus) is a snake recorded for Vietnam in the project inventory. Its supporting occurrence note is “GBIF: 133 Vietnam records”. The accepted scientific name is retained because regional snake taxonomy and species boundaries can change, while similar-looking species may require scale counts, anatomy or genetic evidence for reliable separation. This profile therefore distinguishes the recorded identity and occurrence from broader biological context instead of inventing unsupported locality, size, diet or breeding details (project species data; Reptile Database taxonomy).

Bungarus kraits are venomous Asian elapids, generally most active at night and often marked with contrasting bands or stripes. They forage for other snakes and additional small vertebrates, sheltering by day beneath cover or in burrows. Their venom can cause life-threatening paralysis, while their quiet behaviour may make encounters deceptively uneventful; handling is unsafe. These are genus-level notes rather than species-specific observations from Vietnam, and exact habitat, diet, size and clutch data are not inferred (general Bungarus account; Reptile Database).