Published July 17, 2018 | Version v1
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Lycodon jara

  • 1. National Trust for Nature Conservation - Biodiversity Conservation Center, Ratnanagar- 6, Sauraha, Chitwan- 44204, NEPAL
  • 2. National Trust for Nature Conservation - Biodiversity Conservation Center, Ratnanagar- 6, Sauraha, Chitwan- 44204, NEPAL & National Trust for Nature Conservation-Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, NEPAL
  • 3. Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Parsa National Park, NEPAL
  • 4. National Trust for Nature Conservation-Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NEPAL

Description

Lycodon jara (Shaw 1802):

Observed at Amlekhgunj-Hattisar. According to Schleich and Kästle (2002), it is a rarely found species from Terai Nepal. However, there are published reports of it in bordering states of India as well. This is the first record from Parsa National Park (Fig. 26).

Notes

Published as part of Bhattarai, Santosh, Pokheral, Chiranjibi Prasad, Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Regmi, Uba Raj, Ram, Ashok Kumar & Subedi, Naresh, 2018, Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal, pp. 35-48 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 155) (e 155) 12 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11390169

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Shaw
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lycodon
Species
jara
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lycodon jara (Shaw, 1802) sec. Bhattarai, Pokheral, Lamichhane, Regmi, Ram & Subedi, 2018

References

  • Schleich HH, Kastle W. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koenigstein: Koeltz Scientific Books, Ger- many. 1,200 p.