Indian Egg-eater
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| Elachistodon westermanni (Reinhardt, 1863) |
Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Also called the Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon[1].
[edit] External links
- Species Elachistodon westermanni at the Species2000 DatabaseIndian egg eater also found in maharashtra in some district. amravati distric.[maharashtra- India] as per recent studies says.
- REf.N.Khaire: snakes,2006 edition.
[edit] References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Elachistodon westermanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Kulmus, H. 1985 Einige Anmerkungen zur Zucht und Haltung von Eierschlangen. Herpetofauna 7 (36): 23-34
- Reinhardt 1863 Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forh.: 206
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