An international team of scientists identified the snake and its range, which includes Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, and Russia including a small region extending into the corner of Europe. Based on the genetic and morphological data, the researchers were able to say that the Blotched Rat Snake (Elaphe …
KOHORA: Often snake are killed due to its venomous quality without understanding its actual importance in maintaining the balance and ecology. Snakes help in protection of foodgrains by killing and eating insects, rats and rodents and keeping their population at a threshold level.
In order to save snakes, scorpions and other poisonous creatures which stray into human habitations and are killed, a villager, Bhanwar Lal Swami, alias Sooraj Kumar, has set up an organisation in this district. Named the Snakes Friends Organisation, members of this NGO reach the place on a phone call …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Feb 18, DH News Service: A documentary film showing a king cobra devouring its female partner on one of the private television channels has turned out to be a bane for the world
When all else fails turn to Ayurveda. This has become the norm among researchers lately. From turmeric for cancer to the fig bark remedy for joint pains, modern medical practitioners have been nodding their heads in approval. The latest addition to the list is snake venom and it shows promise …
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking proper rehabilitation of a King Cobra that is under the care of the Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC). The cobra was rescued from a monk and handed over to SMC by forest department officials in 2007. Petitioner …
IN a bid to create awareness and clear misconceptions about snakes and save them from extinction, a week-long exhibition on snakes began in the city on Tuesday. Inaugurating the exhibition, principal secretary, commissioner of archaeology and commissioner of museums, T S Sridhar, said it would help create awareness about snakes, …
This note discusses the wildlife casualties due to vehicular traffic in Sriharikota Island from observations carried out from January 2002 to December 2003.
We examined the spatial distribution pattern of reptiles in an eastern Himalayan elevation gradient. The factors governing the distribution have been assessed with emphasis on the mid-domain effect. We surveyed reptiles along the elevation gradient (300–4800 m) of the Teesta valley in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India using time constrained visual …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: Blind faith about medicinal and aphrodisiacal properties of an endangered non-poisonous snake Red Sand Boa (RSB) is endangering the species found in south Gujarat further. After southern India, smugglers have shifted focus to south Gujarat, reports suggest. Two days ago, four persons were caught by …
It is not often one sees a king cobra hatching eggs in a human habitat or places where humans frequent. That is why hundreds of people gathered at the rubber plantation of Pappachy at Praiyaram, Panathur in Kasaragod district to see the king cobra sitting peacefully on some eggs the …
NAVI MUMBAI: Human development at Uran taluka in Raigad district is hurting quite a few of its original inhabitants. While quarrying had already disturbed quite a few species, environmentalists are concerned that landfills are uprooting many others from their home. Villagers near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area, Chirner, …
Vertebrates are an indicator of the quality of the environment and are considered necessary to reduce the time and effort required to develop management strategies. This study document the species diversity of lower vertebrates in the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, with special reference to fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
Sept. 17: Housewives in several districts of Chittoor district are forcing their husbands to go into the forests in search of sand boa snakes. The snake has become a topic of discussion among women coming together in the rural areas. It is also believed if this snake is sacrificed it …
Aspects of life history and morphometry of Günther’s oriental slender snake Trachischium guentheri (Boulenger, 1890) was studied along the Lachen and Lachung valleys of North Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India during 2003 – 2005. A total of 360 snakes were observed in 1026 man-hours of time constrained visual encounter surveys. Females …
How much would a two-headed snake fetch? While the Dharwad police say that it could fetch nearly Rs 80 lakh in the international market, their first information report (FIR) states that it could be sold for just about Rs 10,000. Six persons comprising two separate teams were arrested by the …
Food shortage may have forced diet change on july 17, Sunderbans forest officials posted in Netidhopani came across a dead tiger near their field office. A post mortem revealed the tiger had eaten two cobras, one of them was a king cobra. Tigers are not known to prey on snakes; …
