Abstract

SURVEY OF MILDLY-VENOMOUS AND VENOMOUS SNAKE SPECIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Vimal Temkar*, Siddharaj Sawant and Saniket Warekar

Abstract

Snakes occupy a diverse range of habitats and microhabitats, i.e., they are found from deserts to grasslands, from forests to oceans and from hills to our own houses. An annotated checklist of snakes is prepared on the basis of the information from survey during Feb 2016 to Feb 2018 on the basis of the species. The captured snakes represent mildly Venomous and Venomous types of species. All 10 listed species are captured at local sites of Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, India. On the basis of identification by the local communities, check list was prepared as a primary data. The secondary data for this observation were obtained after the examination and careful identification.

Keywords: Snake, Ratnagiri.