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Ahaetulla Oxyrhyncha
The Indian or Long-nosed vine snake (''Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha'') is a species of diurnal, mildly venomous, arboreal snake distributed in the lowlands of peninsular India.Often mistakenly believed to peck out peoples' eyes, this misconception has, sadly, led to widespread wanton killing of this species. Description A thin and slender-bodied snake that is usually bright grassy green in colour. A pair of white lines extend throughout its body length demarcating the back and under belly parts. Adults reach over 5 feet in length. They have unique horizontal pupil in the eye. Formerly mis-classified as''A. nasuta'', ''A. oxyrhyncha'' is actually a much larger-bodied species that also has a much longer snout. Geographic range This species is distributed throughout the drier plains and low hilly tracts of Peninsular India, except the Western Ghats rainforest. Habitat It is found in many types of vegetation including arid to semi-arid habitats and in dry deciduous forests, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehru Zoological Park
Nehru Zoological Park (also known as YouTube Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the most visited destinations in Hyderabad. History Nehru Zoological Park's construction was started on 26 October 1959 and opened to the public on 6 October 1963. The Park is run by forest department, Government of Telangana, and is named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Animals and exhibits The zoo occupies and is adjacent to the Mir Alam Tank. Nearly 100 species of birds, animals and reptiles are housed at the zoo, including indigenous animals like the Indian rhino, Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, panther, gaur, Indian elephant, slender loris, python, as well as deer, antelopes and birds. The Mir Alam Tank with its unique multiple arched bund (embankment), attracts hundreds of migratory birds, providing yet another attraction for the zoo. The nocturnal house at the zoo artificially reverses night and day for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Thorn Scrub Forests
The Deccan thorn scrub forests are a xeric shrubland ecoregion of south India and northern Sri Lanka. Historically this area was covered by tropical dry deciduous forest, but this only remains in isolated fragments. The vegetation now consists of mainly of southern tropical thorn scrub type forests. These consist of open woodland with thorny trees with short trunks and low, branching crowns; spiny and xerophytic shrubs; and dry grassland. This is the habitat of the great Indian bustard and blackbuck, though these and other animals are declining in numbers; this area was at one time home to large numbers of elephants and tigers. Almost 350 species of bird have been recorded here. The remaining natural habitat is threatened by overgrazing and invasive weeds, but there are a number of small protected areas which provide a haven for the wildlife. Trees in these forests have adapted to not require much water. Geography This ecoregion covers the semi-arid portions of the Deccan Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of India
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptiles Of India
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians (tuatara). As of March 2022, the Reptile Database includes about 11,700 species. In the traditional Linnaean classification system, birds are considered a separate class to reptiles. However, crocodilians are more closely related to birds than they are to other living reptiles, and so modern cladistic classification systems include birds within Reptilia, redefining the term as a clade. Other cladistic definitions abandon the term reptile altogether in favor of the clade Sauropsida, which refers to all amniotes more closely related to modern reptiles than to mammals. The study of the traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. The earliest known proto-reptiles originate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla
''Ahaetulla,'' commonly referred to as Asian vine snakes or Asian whip snakes, is a genus of colubrid snakes distributed throughout tropical Asia. They are considered by some scientists to be mildly venomous and are what is commonly termed as 'rear-fanged' or more appropriately, opisthoglyphous, meaning their enlarged teeth or fangs, intended to aid in venom delivery, are located in the back of the upper jaw, instead of in the front as they are in vipers or cobras. As colubrids, Ahaetulla do not possess a true venom gland or a sophisticated venom delivery system. The Duvernoy's gland of this genus, homologous to the venom gland of true venomous snakes, produces a secretion which, though not well studied, is considered not to be medically significant to humans. Green-colored members of this genus are often referred to as green vine snakes. They are not to be confused with the "green vine snake" ''Oxybelis fulgidus'', which convergently appears very similar but is found in Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla Malabarica
The Malabar vine snake (''Ahaetulla malabarica''), is a species of tree snake endemic to the southern portion of the central Western Ghats of India. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with '' A. nasuta'', which is now considered to only be endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2020 study found ''A. nasuta'' to be a species complex of ''A. nasuta sensu stricto'' as well as '' A. borealis'', '' A. farnsworthi'', '' A. isabellina'', and ''A. malabarica''. Geographic range This species is distributed in the southern portion of the central Western Ghats, from the Palghat Gap in Tamil Nadu and Kerala north to Tadiandamol in Karnataka. ''A. farnsworthi'' is found to the north of the species' range and may be sympatric with it at Coorg (although largely separated by rivers), while ''A. isabellina'' is found to the south of the species' range, being separated from it by the Palghat Gap. Habitat The species is found in mid-elevation evergreen forests An evergreen forest is a fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla Isabellina
Wall's vine snake (''Ahaetulla isabellina'') is a species of tree snake endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of '' A. nasuta'', which is now considered to only be endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2020 study found ''A. nasuta'' to be a species complex of ''A. nasuta sensu stricto'' as well as '' A. borealis'', '' A. farnsworthi'', ''A. isabellina'', and '' A. malabarica'', elevating ''A. isabellina'' to species. The specific epithet is a reference to the isabelline yellow coloration of the species' dorsal body in live condition, which distinguishes it from other species in the complex. Geographic range This species is distributed in the southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala south of the Palghat Gap, from the Anaimalai Hills south to at least Sivagiri, Kerala, although more work is needed to determine the southern limit of the species' range. Habitat This species is found in evergreen forests An evergreen for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla Farnsworthi
Farnsworth's vine snake (''Ahaetulla farnsworthi'') is a species of tree snake endemic to the central Western Ghats of India. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with '' A. nasuta'', which is now considered to only be endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2020 study found ''A. nasuta'' to be a species complex of ''A. nasuta sensu stricto'' as well as '' A. borealis'', ''A. farnsworthi'', '' A. isabellina'', and '' A. malabarica''. The species is named after the character Professor Farnsworth from the American animated television series ''Futurama'', as a reference to the character's efforts in resurrecting barking snakes from extinction. Geographic range This species is endemic to the state of Karnataka, where it is distributed from Coorg to the Agumbe-Kodachadri range. It may be sympatric with ''A. malabarica'' in Coorg, but is largely separated from the species by rivers. Near the northern edge of its range it is flanked by ''A. borealis'', from which it is likely separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla Borealis
The northern Western Ghats vine snake (''Ahaetulla borealis'') is a species of tree snake endemic to the northern Western Ghats of India. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with '' A. nasuta'', which is now considered to only be endemic to Sri Lanka. A 2020 study found ''A. nasuta'' to be a species complex of ''A. nasuta sensu stricto'' as well as ''A. borealis'', '' A. farnsworthi'', '' A. isabellina'', and '' A. malabarica''. Geographic range This species is one of the most widespread of Western Ghats ''Ahaetulla'', ranging from Sirsi, Karnataka north to Matheran, Maharashtra. Near the southern edge of its range it is flanked by ''A. farnsworthi'', from which it is likely separated by the Sharavathi River basin. Habitat It is found in low-to-mid-elevation moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests at a mean sea level of 300 – 750. References borealis Borealis (Latin for ''northern'' or ''of the north'') may refer to: Astronomy * Borealis B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensu Stricto
''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular concept, but it also appears in expressions that indicate the convention or context of the usage. Common qualifiers ''Sensu'' is the ablative case of the noun ''sensus'', here meaning "sense". It is often accompanied by an adjective (in the same case). Three such phrases are: *''sensu stricto'' – "in the strict sense", abbreviation ''s.s.'' or ''s.str.''; *''sensu lato'' – "in the broad sense", abbreviation ''s.l.''; *''sensu amplo'' – "in a relaxed, generous (or 'ample') sense", a similar meaning to ''sensu lato''. Søren Kierkegaard uses the phrase ''sensu eminenti'' to mean "in the pre-eminent r most important or significantsense". When appropriate, comparative and superlative adjectives may also be used to convey the meaning o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synonymously but have more precise meanings are cryptic species for two or more species hidden under one species name, sibling species for two (or more) species that are each other's closest relative, and species flock for a group of closely related species that live in the same habitat. As informal taxonomic ranks, species group, species aggregate, macrospecies, and superspecies are also in use. Two or more taxa that were once considered conspecific (of the same species) may later be subdivided into infraspecific taxa (taxa within a species, such as bacterial strains or plant varieties), that is complex but it is not a species complex. A species complex is in most cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahaetulla Nasuta
''Ahaetulla nasuta'', also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake and long-nosed whip snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka. Distribution Due to longstanding confusion over the taxonomy of ''A. nasuta'', the species was once thought to have a large range from Sri Lanka to peninsular India, including the Western Ghats, along with a disjunct population in Southeast Asia. However, a 2020 phylogenetic study found ''A. nasuta'' to actually comprise a species complex, with the "true" ''A. nasuta'' (from which the species was originally described) being restricted to the wet zone of Sri Lanka (including the Sri Lanka lowland and montane rainforests). 4 populations from the Western Ghats of India that were formerly grouped with ''A. nasuta'' were split into the species '' A. borealis'', '' A. farnsworthi'', '' A. isabellina'', and '' A. malabarica''. The large-bodied form from lowland peninsular India (and possibly the dry zone of the northern portion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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