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| Article Name : | | | A preliminary survey on the snakes of Buldhana district, Maharashtra | | Author Name : | | | Prasanna Subhash Joshi | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-628 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | An annotated checklist of snakes is prepared on basis of the collected information from survey during during Jan.2007- Dec.2009 on the basis of habitat structure and possibility of availability of the species.22 species belonging six families were recorded. This includes. 18 Non Venomous species and 4 venomous in which 2 snakes from Typhlopidae, 2 snakes from Boidae, 1 snake from Pythonidae, 13 snakes from Colubridae, 2 snakes from Elapidae and 2 snakes are from Viperidae family. In nonvenomous species of snakes, Ramphotyphlos braminus, Gongylophis (Eryx) conicus, Coelognathus helena helena, Ptyas mucosa, Xenochrophis piscator, Oligodon arnensis, Lycodon olicus, Argyrogena fasciolata, Boiga trigonata,are common snakes. While Grypotyphlos (Rhinotyphlos) acutus, Ahaetulla nasuta are uncommon with Eryx johnii, Dendrelaphis tristis, Macropisthodon plumbicolor, Sibynophis sp. | | Keywords : | | |
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