Non-venomous
Common Name: COMMON BRIDAL SNAKE
Odia Name: __________
Zoological Name: Lycodon nypmha
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II
Slender body, smooth-scaled. Dark brown or black above with creamish-white bands that widen on the sides and break up on hind body. Each band is 3-4 scales wide. Upper lip, back of head and neck creamish-white. Often confused with Common krait. (Earlier it was known as Dryocalamusnympha.)
Look-alikes: Wolf snakes
Common Krait