New Locality Record of Yellow Collared Wolf Snake Lycodon flavicollis Mukherjee and Bhupathy, 2007 from Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India
Keywords:
Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve, Lycodon flavicollis, New Locality Record, Andhra Pradesh
Abstract
During field survey, we encounter live specimen of Lycodon flavicollis while it was crossing the path at about 1130 hrs on 20th September 2013. Near a close to the famous temple of Sri Lord Venkateswara (13° 42 N & 79° 20’E). During the time of collection, it was cool and cloudy. Subsequently, the specimen was photographed and released after collection of morphometry measurements. In the present paper, we provide additional and new locality record in Eastern Ghats
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Published
2014-06-11
How to Cite
M, B. G., T, T., & NV, S. P. (2014). New Locality Record of Yellow Collared Wolf Snake Lycodon flavicollis Mukherjee and Bhupathy, 2007 from Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 4(3), 1328-1331. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/346
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