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Updated: Indian antivenoms were ineffective in neutralising venoms of cryptic kraits Share Article AAA Number one: The Sind krait (seen in the picture) has been identified as the snake with the most potent venom in India.   | Photo Credit: Shubham N. Kurundwadkar Indian antivenoms were ineffective in neutralising venoms of cryptic kraits A study of snakes in southern and western India has identified a new species of snake. Named the Romulus’ krait (Bungarus romulusi) after the ‘snake man of India’, Romulus Whittaker, the species has so far remained undetected because of its similarity in appearance to the common krait (B. caeruleus) and only a careful genetic analysis revealed that the two were distinct species. The study also showed that some kraits in Maharashtra that were misidentified as the Wall’s Sind krait were actually the same as the Sind krait which is also found in parts of Pakistan and Rajasthan and has been identified as the snake with the most pote

United kingdomUttar pradeshRomulus whittakerKartik sunagarIndian institute of scienceIndian herpetological societyEvolutionary venomics labIndian instituteLiana trustSind kraitNorth indiaRomulus 39 kraitஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்உத்தர் பிரதேஷ்ராம்யுலஸ் விட்டேக்கர்கார்த்திக் சுனகர்