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Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) Local/Regional name: Ajgar Habitat: Grasslands, swamps, marshes, rocky foothills, woodlands, open forest and river valleys. […]

Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) Habitat: Coral reefs, shallow coastal waters. Distribution: Tropical waters of India. Diet: Shrimp, crabs, file

Hook-nosed Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa) Habitat: Shallow, murky waters, mangrove swamps, rivers and coast and coastal islands. Distribution: Coast of

Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistose) Habitat: Coast and coastal islands. Distribution: Coast of Gujrat to West Bengal and Andaman and

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina) Habitat: Open ocean, shallow coastal waters, coral islands, coral reefs, and mangrove areas, vegetation, under

Sind Krait (Bungarus sindanus) Habitat: Forests and Farmlands. Distribution: Rajasthan, Gujrat, Mahrashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal. Diet: Rats, frogs,

Indian Cobra (Naja naja) Local/Regional name: Naag Habitat: Dense or open forests, plains, agricultural lands etc. Distribution: West Bengal, Sikkim,

Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) Habitat: Forest, agricultural lands, termite mounds, rodent holes, villages, open plains of countryside. Distribution: North-east India,

Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) Local/Regional name: Bengal Krait Habitat: Fields and low scrub jungle to settled areas, termite mounds, brick

Black Krait (Bungarus niger) Habitat: Mangrove swamps to inhabited villages to montane forests up to elevations of 1,500 m (4,900