{"title":"Diversity of Snakes in Sarlahi District, Nepal","authors":"Krishna Chettri, D. T. Chhetry","doi":"10.3126/ON.V11I2.9600","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A total of 21 snake species belonging to 17 genera and 4 families were recorded. Out of 21 species, 2, 14, 4, and 1 belong to family Typhlopidae, Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae respectively. They have been categorized as deadly venomous, mild venomous and non-venomous. Among the recorded species 5 were deadly venomous, 4 were mild venomous and the remaining 12 were non venomous. The species of Boidae family was not encountered during the study period. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i2.9600 Our Nature 2013, 11(2): 201-207","PeriodicalId":19905,"journal":{"name":"Our Nature","volume":"1 1","pages":"201-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Our Nature","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3126/ON.V11I2.9600","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A total of 21 snake species belonging to 17 genera and 4 families were recorded. Out of 21 species, 2, 14, 4, and 1 belong to family Typhlopidae, Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae respectively. They have been categorized as deadly venomous, mild venomous and non-venomous. Among the recorded species 5 were deadly venomous, 4 were mild venomous and the remaining 12 were non venomous. The species of Boidae family was not encountered during the study period. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i2.9600 Our Nature 2013, 11(2): 201-207