Table 2.

Some comparative morphological data of Bungarus fasciatus sensu lato in each biogeographic region, based on this study and published data.

Character	Population/clade
	Indo-Myanmar (n = 23)	East Asia (n = 11)	Greater Sunda (n = 15)
Ventrals	200–234	217–237	199–210
Subcaudals	23–39	33–41	30–36
Number of dorsal bands on body	22–31	19–21	20–25
Number of dorsal bands on tail	4–7	?	2–4
Nuchal band covered by vertebral scales	14–20	?	18–20
Background body color	Yellow/cream	Yellow	Yellow/cream
Source	Smith75 This study	Yang & Rao76; Chen et al.54; Leviton et al.77	This study