Month: July 2021

Non-venomous
Common Name: COMMON WOLF SNAKE 
Odia Name: କଉଡିଆ ସାପ
Zoological Name: Lycodon aulicus
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Slender-bodied smooth-scaled.Glossy grey, brown or black above, usually with 10-20 narrow white or yellow bands; the bands most distinct on forebody and either faint or absent on hind body. Whitish or yellowish collar usually in the neck. Upper lip white or spotted with brown. Generally confused with the Common krait.

Look-alikes: Common Krait
Barred wolf snake
Bridal Snake

Non-venomous
Common Name: BARRED WOLF SNAKE 
Odia Name: କଉଡିଆ ସାପ
Zoological Name: Lycodon striatus
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Slender-bodied; smooth-scaled.Glossy blackish-brown backhas white, ochre or yellow cross-bands. Bands may be less distinct towards tail.

Look-alikes: Common Krait
Common wolf snake

Non-venomous
Common Name: OLIVE KEELBACK 
Odia Name: ଅଲିଭ୍ ଧଣ୍ଡ
Zoological Name: Atretium schistosum
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – I

Scales keeled. Uniform olive green or olive-brown; upper lip and underside yellow, orange or white.

Look-alikes: Nil

Non-venomous
Common Name: GREEN KEELBACK
Odia Name: ସବୁଜ ଧଣ୍ଡ
Zoological Name: Rhabdophis plumbicolor
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Stout body, strongly keeled scale. Bright or dull greenoverall, sometimes with faint irregular black cross-lines. Young snakes a bright yellow (rarely orange) /\ shaped mark on neck, bordered on both sides by a dark blue-black area and also have a black stripe from eye to angle or mouth. These markings are absent in the adults. Often confused with green pit vipers.

Look-alikes: Bamboo pit viper

Non-venomous
Common Name: BANDED RACER
Odia Name: ବୋଇଲ
Zoological Name: Platyceps plinii
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Smooth scales. Light or dark brown body. Juveniles with prominent white head markings and white cross-bands. As they grow old bands disappear. Adults usually without bands. (Earlier it was known as Argyrogena fasciolata)

Look-alikes: Spectacled Cobra
Indian Rat Snake

Non-venomous
Common Name: ARROW-HEADED TRINKET
Odia Name: ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ ସାପ
Zoological Name: Coelognathus helena nigriangularis
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Quite similar in appearance with Common Trinket (C. h. helena). But can be easily differentiated from common trinket by the presence of the prominent inverted V or Y mark on the head.

Look-alikes: Common trinket snake

Non-venomous
Common Name: COMMON TRINKET SNAKE
Odia Name: ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ ସାପ
Zoological Name: Coelognathushelena helena
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Slender bodied, scales smooth on sides, weekly keeled towards hind body and tail. Brown or olive with transverse bands and/or blotches on the sides; 2 dark narrow lines in the neck. In the hind body two prominent dark brown or black stripes continue onto tail.

Look-alikes: Striped Keelback
Arrow-headed trinket

Non-venomous
Common Name: COPPER-HEADED TRINKET
Odia Name: ତମ୍ବା ମୁଣ୍ଡିଆ ଟ୍ରିଙ୍କେଟ୍
Zoological Name: Coelognathus Radiatus
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Greyish-brown or yellowish-brown body with four black stripes on the fore body (sometimes also midbody). Head copper-brown, with 3 black radiating lines from the eyes.

Look-alikes: Common trinket

Non-venomous
Common Name: COMMON SAND BOA
Odia Name: ବାଲି ବୋଆ
Zoological Name: Eryx conicus
Family: Erycidae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II

Short and thick-bodied. Scales of head and tail strongly keeled. Very short tail. Irregular dark brown or reddish-brown blotches on body; sometimes joined to form a zig-zag band. Often mistaken as Russell’s viper or baby Python.

Look-alikes: Indian Rock Python
Russell’s Viper
Banded Racer

Non-venomous
Common Name: RED SAND BOA
Odia Name: ଦୋମୁଣ୍ଡିଆ
Zoological Name: Eryx johnii
Family: Erycidae
WL(P)A – Schedule – I

Thick-bodied, smooth-scaled. Adults grey, brownish red or dark brown. Sometimes with a black banded tail. Very blunt tail with rounded tip resembles the head that has given rise to the myth of two-headed snake.

Look-alikes: Blind snake