Bungarus walli, the Wall's krait, is a species of krait, a venomous elapid snake found in northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. It has previously been treated as a subspecies of Bungarus sindanus (also known as the Sind krait), but is now considered a valid species.
Etymology This taxon is named in honour of British herpetologist Frank Wall, who named the taxon after himself, admitting that it was a "breach of ethics" to do so.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Bungarus sindanus walli, p. 79).
Habitat Bungarus walli occurs in forests, agricultural fields, and rural and urbanized areas. It is locally common.
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