Present Scenario of Snake Diversity in and around Ramkrishna Nagar Parbhani, Maharashtra State India
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Snake, diversity poisonous non- poisonous, Parbhani, IndiaAbstract
Class Reptilia were dominant in the past era. At present many species of reptiles become extinct. Besides this at present there is huge curiosity among people about the animal included in this group. Snakes are attracting more attention of human beings due to their life threatening attacks and special appearance. Snakes are the important component of food chain. They play key role in controlling rodent pests. They maintain the nature and play important component of role for farmers. Decrease in number of these animals through out Globe and their extinction causes a serious problem to the ecosystem. It is necessary to conserve them. A checklist of snakes is prepared to show the present scenario of snake diversity in and around Ramkrishna Nagar Parbhani, Maharashtra State, India, on the basis of information collected from survey during June 2020 to May 2021. The captured snakes represent poisonous, semi-poisonous and non-poisonous category. The present study is an attempt to calculate the information of species of snakes and transform it to the society people for increasing their knowledge & save the life of snakes. As i am one of the member of snake friend association. This survey in future will help to increase awareness and conservation of snake fauna in this region.
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