red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps) Bungarus flaviceps or Red-headed Krait found at Bukit Fraser (Fraser's Hill), Pahang, Malaysia. May 2016.
Date 13 May 2016 (according to Exif data)
Author touchthestove
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-headed_Krait.jpg
The red-headed krait (Bungarus flaviceps) is a large venomous elapid snake with dramatic coloration. In Southeast Asia, the red-headed krait occurs in Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra, with a subspecies in Borneo.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: Bungarus flaviceps Reinhardt, 1843
Synonyms:
Megærophis formosus Gray, 1849
Megærophis flaviceps Günther, 1864