Banded kraits weighting one kilograms were reported to be selling on the black market at prices of $2,190 (100,000 Indian Rupees).
The high price for the yellow and black snake led to 3 cases arrests and confiscation of the snake in the Mayurbhanj district in India in one month.
(More prices of exotic pets for sale.)
Source: Amarendra Bose, “Smuggling shadow on snakes’ survival,” Times of India, September 1, 2011.