Recent records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Nicobar Islands, India

Authors

  • S. Harikrishnan
  • B.C. Choudhary
  • K. Vasudevan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2314.1297-300

Abstract

Andaman and Nicobar Islands support a significant proportion of India’s herpetofauna. We conducted surveys for herpetofauna in the Nicobar Islands during 2008-2009. The Malayan Wolfsnake Lycodon subcinctus was recorded from Nicobar Islands for the first time. We also recorded Tiwari’s Wolfsnake Lycodon tiwarii from Car Nicobar Island for the first time since the original description. A large Colubrid Snake (Coelognathus sp.) of unknown identity was recorded from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. These new records point to the inadequacy of surveys in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which may harbor several more unknown species.

Downloads

Published

26-10-2010

Issue

Vol 2, No 11 (2010)

Section

Notes

License

Authors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT.  This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership.  Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. (2016). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 8953–8969. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2785.8.7.8953-8969). Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.