KEEL BACKS - Thanni paambu pa

KEEL BACK:

There are different types of keel backs. They are checkered keel backs, blue stripped keel back, Oliv Aceous Keelback, Green Keelback. The keel backs live in both fresh water and fields.

1. Checkered Keelback (Xenochrophis piscator):

This snake is found in tanks, paddy fields, pools and rivers. This snake is the cruelest among Indian snakes with the exception of the Echis. This snake strikes rapidly with great determination holding on tenaciously. Prior to striking it flattens its fore body. It is an extremely active snake, capable of jumping clear off the ground and will do so repeatedly if pursued.

2. Buffstriped Keel Back (Amphiesma stolata)

Local Names: Bengali - Hele sap; Marathi - Naneti; Telugu - Wannapam; Tamil - Nirkatanpambu.

3. Oliv Aceous Keelback (Atretium schistosum)

Local Names: Telugu Na/la wahlagillee pam, Kanarese Barmmya.

4. Green Keelback (Macropisthodon plumbicolor)

Local Names. Tamil Pachai nagam; Marathi Hara samp, Gavathia, Gautya sap.

It is somewhat similar to the green pit vipers. The shield on the head of the Green Keelback distinguishes it from the green pit vipers.

The snake is found in the hills and it favors altitudes between 600-1800 m. This snake is gentle and inoffensive and erects its fore body and flattens its neck like a cobra, hence the name `green cobra`. Though often seen in grass and scrub during daytime it restricts its movements to the night.

For Further Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel_Back

CAT SNAKE

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So, Here are a few collection of Snakes which are living in India (dont ask for address, email ID & mobile no.) !!!!!

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A) CAT SNAKE:

Boiga is a large genus of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes typically known as the cat-eyed snakes or just cat snakes.

There are 33 recognized species in the genus.

Description:

Body - typically thin, long bodied snakes with large heads and large eyes. Pattern and color - Greatly Vary (black, brown, or green with white or yellow accents.)

Many species have banding, but some are spotted and some are solid colored.

Venom Toxicity - Not generally considered to be life threatening to humans.

Mildly venomous, and bites on humans produce only local symptoms

1.Boiga ceylonensis:

Sri Lanka Cat Snake / Boiga ceylonensis, is found in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India.

Colour - Brown or greyish above, with a series of blackish transverse spots or bands; nape with a blackish blotch, or three blackish longitudinal streaks, or a transverse bar ; a more or less distinct brown streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; lower parts yellowish, dotted with brown, usually with a lateral series of brown spots

Length - 4 feet long from tip to tip

Venom Toxicity - mildly venomous causing only local swelling. However bites near sensitive areas such as the eyes, neck and head could be serious.

2. Boiga dendrophila:

Gold-ringed Cat Snake or Mangrove Snake is biggest of cat snake species.

Has 9 sub-species.

Length - 6 to 8 feet

Body:

Above - Black, with or without yellow transverse bands, continuous or not extending across the back;

labials - yellow, with black edges.

Lower surface - black or bluish, uniform or speckled with yellow;

throat yellow.

Venom Toxicity - mildy-venomous, but moderate envenomations resulting in intense swelling

3. Boiga Dightoni:

Or Pirmad Cat Snake - Exclusively available in Pirmad, Kerala & Western Ghats.

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