Krait

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

krait
    n 1: brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of
         southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Krait \Krait\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
   A very venomous snake of India ({Bungarus coeruleus}), allied
   to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black,
   often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
   [1913 Webster]