Abstract

SURVEY OF NONVENOMOUS SNAKE SPECIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Siddharaj Sawant and Vimal Temkar*

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 2017 to Feb 2018 on the basis of the species. The captured snakes represent 14 types of species. All 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.