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banded kukri snake chiplun

Malabar Pit Viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) is the highly venomous pit viper species of snake, endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The Malabar rock pit viper is nocturnal and slow moving snake and commonly found on trees and rocks near streams.

Malabar Pit Viper

Malabar Pit Viper

Common Indian Krait (Manyar)

Common Indian Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is the most venomous snake in India. Indian Krait is one of the top five most common poisonous snakes found in Kerala,Indian Cobra, King Cobra, Russel’s Viper and Saw-scaled viper are being others.

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) also called as death viper is one of the smallest member of viper found in India and responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths. However Saw Scaled Viper found in the dry regions of India but some time appear in the hilly areas of Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

Common Indian Krait (Manyar)

Saw Scaled Viper (Ghonus)

Sibynophis subpunctatus is active by day as well as at night. It lives in leaf litter, preying on geckosskinks, and smaller snakes.

The majority spend much of their time basking below the surface of the sand, with only their eyes or head exposed. When potential prey approaches, they erupt out of the sand, bite, and employ constriction to subdue it.

Hump Nosed Pit Viper (Hypnale hypnale) is one of the highly venomous pitviper species,found in the Western Ghats of India. This species of vipers are nocturnal, aggressive and listed as highly venomous snake in western coast of India.

Indian Cobra (Naja naja) is the most dangerous snakes in India,found in the Indian subcontinent. The Palni hills,kerala rainforest,Tea and coffee plants in the Western Ghats are the best known habitat of spectacled cobra.

Large Scaled Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrolepis) mostly found in Palakkad Gap mountains of southern Western Ghats. Trimeresurus macrolepis is one of the venomous pitviper species of Western Ghats and no subspecies are currently recognized.

Russell’s Viper (Daboia russelii) found in throughout the Indian subcontinent and member of big four most poisonous snakes of India. Daboia are aggressive to human and responsible for causing the most snakebite incidents in India.

Indian Green Pit Viper or Bamboo pit viper found in bamboo forests of southern India but also seen near Harishchandragad in Western Ghats range. Bamboo Pit Viper (Trimeresurus gramineus) is a venomous pit viper snake and has no subspecies.

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) also called as death viper is one of the smallest member of viper found in India and responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths. However Saw Scaled Viper found in the dry regions of India but some time appear in the hilly areas of Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

Travancore Wolf Snake (Lycodon travancoricus) mostly found in South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. These are of nonvenomous species of snake and has dark brown body with yellow bands.

Common Kukri (Oligodon arnensis) or Banded kukri snakes are nonvenomous colubrid species of snake,found in Indian subcontinent. Kukri snakes has knife shape teeth and easy to distinguish because of prominent cross bands and characteristic marks.

Dumeril's Black-headed Snake

Hump Nosed Pit Viper

Saw Scaled Viper (Ghonus)

Indian Cobra

Russell’s Viper (Ghonus)

Large Scaled Pit Viper

Montane Trinket Snake

Bamboo Pit Viper

Travancore Wolf Snake

Banded Kukri

Malabar Pit Viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) is the highly venomous pit viper species of snake, endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The Malabar rock pit viper is nocturnal and slow moving snake and commonly found on trees and rocks near streams.

Green Vine Snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) is mildly venomous tree snake found in India and one of the snake species who giving live birth. This beautiful mildly venomous snake of western ghats is very commonly in the forested areas of the Ghats.

Beddome’s Cat Snake (Boiga beddomei) is a colubrid species of snake, found in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra state and also found in Sri Lanka. Boiga beddomei snakes are mildly venomous, mostly arboreal and nocturnal in nature.

Indian Rat Snake (Ptyas mucosa) is a harmless species of colubrid snake, found in all over India and Southeast Asia. Ptyas mucosa are non poisonous fast moving snakes and the most favourite food of the King Cobra in Western Ghats of India.

Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) found in wide range of habitats in India, including rocky foothills,swamps,grasslands and rainforest. Python molurus are non-venomous with yellow and black in color but depending upon its habitat.

Giri’s Bronzeback Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis Girii) is a new species of bronzeback tree snake, endemic to Southern Western Ghats in India. Dendrelaphis girii first spotted in Amboli village and has a black coloured stripe, they were commonly called as bronzeback tree snakes.

Malabar Pit Viper

Green Vine Snake

Beddome’s Cat Snake

Giri’s Bronzeback Tree Snake

Indian Rat Snake (Dhaman)

Indian Rock Python

Travancore Wolf Snake

Checkered keelback

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) also called as death viper is one of the smallest member of viper found in India and responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths. However Saw Scaled Viper found in the dry regions of India but some time appear in the hilly areas of Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

The checkered keelback or Asiatic water snake (Xenochrophis piscator) is a common species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. They are found mostly near water sources.

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) also called as death viper is one of the smallest member of viper found in India and responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths. However Saw Scaled Viper found in the dry regions of India but some time appear in the hilly areas of Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

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