Check list of Reptiles of Mount Abu


Russell Viper

Spectacle Cobra










Snake a type of reptiles with limbless…



Estimated to be around 300 different snake species found in India, Sri Lank, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan, of which about only 67 (22%) species are venomous. The original concept of the snakes responsible for mortality in the subcontinent and South East Asia in general was restricted to the “Big Four”.  This “Big Four” category included Spectacled Cobra (Naja Naja) Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus), Russell Viper (Daboia russelii) and Saw scale viper (Echis). 


Sn
Common Name
Scientific Name
Status
1
Spectacle Cobra
Naja Naja
Common
2
Common Krait
Bungarus Caeruleus
Common
3
Russlle  Viper
Daboia Russelii 
Uncommon
4
Saw Scale Viper
Echis  
Uncommon
5
Rat Snake
Ptyas Mucosa
Common
6
Wolf Snake 
Lycodon Aulicus
Common
7
Green Keelback
Macropisthodon Lumbicolor
Common
8
Mountain Trinket
Coelognathus Helena
Common
9
Common Trinket
Coelognathus Helena
Common
10
Vine Snake
Ahaetulla Nasuta
Common
11
Common Bronze Tree Snake
Dendrelaphis Tristis
Uncommon
12
Painted Bronze Tree Snake
Dendrelaphis Pictus 
Uncommon
13
Graceful Racer (Coluber)
Coluber Gracilis 
Uncommon
14
Forsten Cat Snake
Boiga Forsteni 
Uncommon
15
Indian Rock Python
Python Molurus 
Common
16
Sand Boa
Eryx Conicus 
Common
17
Red Boa
Eryx Johnii 
Common
18
Banded Kukri
Oligodon Arnensis
Common
19
Russell Kukri
Oligodon Taeniolatus 
Common
20
Checkered Keelback
Xenochrophis Piscator
Common
21
Muger or Marsh crocodile
Crocodylus Palustris
Common
22
Indian Mud or Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys Punctata
Common
23
Fan Throated Lizard
Eublepharis Macularius
Uncommon
24
Indian Starred Tortoise
Geochelone Elegans
Rare
25
Spiny - Tailed Lizard
Uromastyx Hardwickii
Common
26
Indian Chameleon
Chameeleon Zeylanicus
Uncommon
27
Indian Monitor Lizard
Varanus Bengalensis
Common Endengered
28
Common or Brahminy Skink
Mabuya carinata
Common
29
Termite Hill geock
Hemidactylus Triedrus
Common
30
Northern House Gecko
Hemidactylus Flaviviridis
Common

Common Krait
Saw Scale Viper

  
      


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