Ornate Flying-snake  Chrysopelea ornata                                   Doimara, Eaglenest

Herpetofauna  of  W. Arunachal Pradesh

Images (snakes)

 by     Ramana  Athreya

Assam Snaileater Pareas monticola	Assam Snaileater Pareas monticola	Eastern trinket Orthriophis cantoris	Eastern trinket Orthriophis cantoris

Eastern Trinket Orthriophis cantoris	Striped Trinket Orthriophis taeniurus	Black-barred Kukri Oligodon cinereus	Sikkim False-wolfsnake Dinodon gamme

(Bompu) Keelback Amphiesma sp.	(Bompu) Keelback Amphiesma sp.	(Chakoo) Keelback  Amphiesma sp.	Siebold's Keelback Amphiesma sieboldii

Himalayan Keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus	Darjeeling Oriental-Slendersnake Trachischium fuscum	Ochraceous Catsnake Boiga ochracea	Ochraceous Catsnake Boiga ochracea

Short-nosed Vinesnake Ahaetulla prasina	Short-nosed Vinesnake Ahaetulla prasina	Mock-viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus	Black Krait Bungarus niger

Banded Krait Bungarus niger	Banded Krait Bungarus niger	Mountain Pit-Viper Ovophis monticola

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Mountain Pit-Viper  Ovophis monticola                                                                                     Bomdila The cryptically patterned eye with the heat-sensing pit in front is shown magnified in the inset

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The  Eaglenest Biodiversity Project  was funded by a grant from the Rufford Foundation (UK) to Ramana Athreya. The information contained herein may be freely used, provided that these webpages and/or the report (Athreya 2005)  are  appropriately cited. The images are copyright and may not be reproduced without permission from  Ramana Athreya The author would appreciate an email from people, scientists and tourists alike, who found these webpages useful.

13 March 2005
Kaati Trust, Pune