TNPSC Thervupettagam

Albino striped narrow snake

May 18 , 2022 951 days 610 0
  • A specimen of an albino Striped Narrow Headed Snake (Xylophis perroteti) was collected from the Nilgiris forest division.
  • The snake is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats.
  • It usually occupies Shola-grassland mosaic ecosystems above 1,000 meters above sea level.
  • For the first time albinism has now been recorded in the species collected from the Nilgiris forest.

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