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Zaw's Wolf Snake ( Lycodon zawi Slowinski, Pawar, W, Thin, Gyi, Oo & Tun, 2001 )

Scientific Name:
Lycodon zawi (Slowinski, Pawar, W, Thin, Gyi, Oo & Tun, 2001)
Zaw's Wolf Snake - Zaw's Wolf Snake : Full body profile
Distribution:
In India it has been recorded from Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura.
Family:
Colubridae
Characteristics for identification:

Looks close to Common Wolf. In Lycodon zawi (Lycodon zawi) loreal scale does not touch internasal while in Lycodon aulicus (Common Wolf) loreal always in contact with internasal. Bands in Lycodon zawi are lesser in number which do not spread on side dorsals. Head of Locodon aulicus is more flatter and in most cases, the band will be present on the neck too.
Description:

Dorsal body-
Body slender with shiny smooth scales of same size. Dorsal colour glossy brown. Milky white or yellowish-white cross bands from posterior of neck upto end of tail where they usually become faint.

Ventral body -
Belly creamy white with darker edge. Subcaudal scales paired in a zigzag manner.

Head -
Head depressed and broader than neck. Upper lip color brown or lighter than dorsal color. Eyes entirely black.

Tail -
Normal length tail with faint bands; ends with pointed tip.
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Head:
Supralabial 8 or 9; 3rd to 5th in contact with eyes; preocular 1; loreal 1, not in contact with internasal; postocular 1 or 2; temporal 2+3, 1+2, 2+1, 2+2 or 3+4.
Dorsal:
Smooth scales in 17:17:15 rows.
Ventral:
179-207; angulated laterally; anal divided.
Sub Caudal:
45-75; paired.
Diet:
Feeds on geckos and skinks.
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Common Wolf Snake

Mountain Worm-Eating Snake ( Trachischium monticola Cantor, 1839 )

Scientific Name:
Trachischium monticola (Cantor, 1839)
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Lama Camp, Arunachal Pradesh

Distribution:
Family:
Natricidae
Characteristics for identification:

This species is totally distinct from all other Trachischium species in following characters: 1) higher (15 vs 13 in all other) mid body dorsal rows. 2) Lowest range of ventral scales (113-125 in this species).
Description:

Description:
Maximum length- 25cm.

Dorsal body-
Body cylindrical with shiny smooth scales of same size. Dorsal color light or dark brown with blackish longitudinal lines; two more usually faint reddish or light stripes found laterally.

Ventral body -
Belly color yellowish.

Head -
Head depressed on snout; not broader than neck. Upper lip color brown or lighter than rest of head. Eyes with rounded pupil. One yellowish spot may also present on each side on neck.

Tail -
Short length tail ends with conical tip.
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Head:
Supralabial 6; 3rd & 4th in contact with eyes; prefrontals 2, preocular 1; loreal 1, postocular 2, rarely united; temporal 1+1.
Dorsal:
Smooth scales in 15: 15: 15 rows without apical pits.
Ventral:
113-125; anal undivided.
Sub Caudal:
26-40; paired.
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Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake
Yellow-Belly Worm-Eating Snake
Black-Belly Worm-Eating Snake
Blyth's Reticulate Snake

Periyar Shieldtail ( Uropeltis madurensis Beddome, 1878 )

Scientific Name:
Uropeltis madurensis (Beddome, 1878)
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Distribution:
Family:
Uropeltidae
Description:

Uropeltis madurensis can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters:

Part of rostral visible from above, not distinctly longer than its distance from frontal; rostral not fully separating nasals.
Dorsal uniform brown, each scale with a well defined lighter golden yellowish outline.
Ventral with alternate rhomboidal large brown and orange spots or blotches, the two colours of equal intensities.
Tail shield with clearly defined, thickened, circumscribed disc.
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Head:
Rostral visible from above, not fully separating nasals; portion of rostral visible from above less than distance from frontal; nasals pierced by nostril, divided by rostral anteriorly but in contact with each other posteriorly; prefrontals slightly larger than nasals / oculars, subequal to frontal; frontal longer than broad, distinctly smaller than parietal; parietals large, largest of all head scales; a small rhomboid accessory scale just behind parietal; supralabials 4, 1st & 2nd ones small, 3rd below eye, 4th the largest; infralabials 3, elongate, 1st pair slightly curved anteriorly; mental scale small, subequal to 1st infralabial, but as wide as long.
Dorsal:
Dorsal scales in 17: 17: 15 rows.
Ventral:
144-157, angulate laterally; anal 2, right overlap left, each larger than a body scale.
Sub Caudal:
8-10 pairs + 1 terminal scale; tail shield distinctly truncate above, ridged and slightly concave; covered with 30, bi- and tri-carinate thickened scales; 7 scales across the length and 4–5 across the width of the disc.

Shortt's Shieldtail ( Uropeltis shorttii Beddome, 1863 )

Scientific Name:
Uropeltis shorttii (Beddome, 1863)
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Distribution:
Family:
Uropeltidae
Description:

Uropeltis shorttii is diagnosed by the following combination of characters:

Part of rostral visible from above, not distinctly longer than its distance from frontal; rostral not fully separating nasals, shorter than rostral scale.
Dorsal dark blackish-brown with distinct yellow crossbars or annuli all over the body.
Ventral with alternate rhomboidal large yellow and black spots or blotches, the two colours of equal intensities.
Tail shield with clearly defined, thickened, circumscribed disc
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Head:
Rostral visible from above, smaller than nasal, not completely separating nasals; nasals in contact with one another posteriorly, prefrontals not in contact with rostral, subequal in size to nasal and ocular scales; nasals pierced by nostril, divided by rostral anteriorly but in contact with each other posteriorly; prefrontals somewhat larger than nasals and oculars, subequal to frontal; frontal longer than broad, distinctly smaller than parietal; parietals large, largest of all head scales; supralabials 4, 1st and 2nd ones small, 3rd below eye, 4th the largest; infralabials 3, elongate; mental scale small, subequal to 1st infralabial, but as wide as long.
Dorsal:
Body scales imbricate, cycloid; dorsally around body in 19: 17: 17-15. rows;
Ventral:
141–156 (148.5±10.6), angulate laterally; anal 2, left overlap right; each larger than a body scale.
Sub Caudal:
10–12 pairs +1 terminal scale; tail shield distinctly truncate above, mildly concave, circumscribed and ridged; covered with 30–31 (30.5±0.7), bi- and tricarinate thickened scales; 10 scales across the length and 4–5 (4.5±0.6) across the width of the tail shield.

Red Spotted Royal Snake ( Spalerosophis arenarius Boulenger, 1890 )

Scientific Name:
Spalerosophis arenarius (Boulenger, 1890)
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Regional Names:
English:
Red Spotted Diadem Snake
Distribution:
Family:
Colubridae
Description:

TBA
Habitat:
Desert and semi-deserts.
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Glossy-bellied Racer