The present study deals with the documentation of road killed and rescued harpatofauna in Amravati
city as well as territory including some state highways and villages. The documentation of harpatofauna
was done by actively searching road killed incidences on state highways as well as rescued reports collected from few
NGO’s included for this study. The study was done during the month of June to December 2014. Six families were
commonly found during the study period i.e. Elapidae, Pythonidae, Colubridae, Boidae, Viperidae and typhlopidae.
During the study period, total 2418 snakes were documented from the study area, of which 1660 species were rescued
and 758 species were found as road killed. 29 species belonging to six families were recorded with special reference
to rare species i.e. Indian egg eater and smooth snake. The resulting occurrence of high road killed and rescued evidence
was proved their behavior in-search of the better habitat for food and reproduction purpose.
Real Time Impact Factor:
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Author Name: Punam S. Thakur, Nandkishor E. Warghat
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Keywords: Snakes, road killed, rescued, Amravati
ISSN: 2249-555X
EISSN: 2249-555X
EOI/DOI: 10.15373/2249555X
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