Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus

蝙蝠蛇科，亞種。 Elapidae, subfamily Elapinae

180 cm

遍布全台、金門、和馬祖、低海拔1000公尺 以上森林、竹林、沼澤地區及居家附近。

緬甸，寮國，越南，泰國，台灣，韓國，中國（海南，安徽，四川，廣東，廣西，湖南，湖北，雲南，貴州，江西，浙江，福建)

Medium size; total length up to 180 cm. There are 15-17 rows of scales, which are smooth and glossy; one row of large hexagonal scales runs along the vertebral line. Head is a broad oval, body is moderately slender and slightly compressed; tail is short. Eye is small and bead-like; iris is blue-black and indistinct since it blends with the dark head. Pupil is round and also blue-black, and blends with rest of the eye. Tongue is red to flesh-colored, with a red stem and diffuse gray branches. The upper head is black and the lower part of supralabials cream to dark white. The fangs are short, rigid, and located in the upper jaw between eye and nose. A distinct pattern of regular black and white/mottled gray bands runs along the entire upper body. The anterior black bands are generally broader than the white bands. ** Ventral head and neck are dirty white or clouded with diffuse gray pigment; the infralabials may possess longitudinal narrow bars of pigment on the inner margins. Anterior section of the Ventral body is dirty white to cloudy gray, while the posterior section is progressively darker. Dorsal bands extend onto outer fifth to third of the ventrals. Underside of tail bears a continuation of dorsal bands. Anal scale is whole and the subcaudals are not divided. There is a wide range in coloration in this species. The bands of some individuals are light gray to light blue gray, light tan, or practically nonexistent.

其中最著名的受害者是一位美國專門研究蝙蝠蛇科環蛇屬的 Dr. Joseph "Joe" Slowinski。2001年9月，他在緬甸偏遠地區做一項深度研究時， Dr. Joseph "Joe" Slowinski 遭受一隻未成年雨傘節咬傷。由於環境的偏遠，且其他隊員出外考察而將他孤立，使得他無法得到適當的救助來脫離死亡的魔掌。最後在被咬傷後28小時毒性發作身亡。(Wikipedia)

雨傘節、台灣克雷特、百節蛇、白節蛇、 簸箕甲、手巾

在光線昏暗的地方，溫馴的白梅花蛇 (Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati) 和雨傘節非常相似，這使得許多白梅花死於害怕毒蛇的人類手中。但是在充足的光線下，危險的雨傘節有著不能忽略的特徵：黑白分明且平整的間隔環帶，與三角形的斷體截面；而白梅花蛇則有著淺灰褐色與黑色交錯的環帶，且環帶交錯的部分較不顯明且呈現鋸齒狀。