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Distribution-India (Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland), Bhutan, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, SW China (from Yunnan and Guangxi to Hubei, northward to Shaanxi and Gansu, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong)

Type locality: Ponsee (= Bangxi in Yingjiang County, W Yunnan, China); neotype locality: “Mogok”, Mandalay Division, Myanmar.

This was the most interesting blind snake I've found in Lucknow. It was difficult to look out appropriately as it appeared to have some sort of head injury or shed problem. But it looked longer/slenderer than usual braminus, and had significantly more white than usual around the snout and subcaudals.

Whitaker's sand boa
Eryx whitakeri
Non-venomous

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A rare snake which is found in the Western ghats and common in some parts of the western ghats.
Easily differentiated from rough scaled sand boa by rough keel like scales present on the tail region of rough scaled sand boa while in whitaker's sand boa the shiny body with tail region being smooth, a major difference
To identify whitekar's sand boa.

Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake is a nocturnal species of non-venomous snake uncommon to rarely found in Vidarbha, India. It primarily feeds on geckos and lizards. It diets contains Hemidactylus gracilis, Sitana ponticeriana, Calotes versicolor, Psammophilus blandfordinus etc. It is much agile but calm snake.

Cryptelytrops albolabris; male was observed in village of Shimla district(Himachal Pradesh,India) ; Shilli Baghi.

A bright white strip running along its entire body, when the specimen was found it was basking in mid day sun on wooden logs.

Size a little over 2 feet. Conspicuous bright red tail which strikes or bangs repeatedly on ground/ in branches or leaf litter when it feels threat. Slow in movements but fast in strikes.

Scalation :

Midbody - 21-23 rows
Ventrals - 154 (or 155)
Sub-caudals - 56
Supralabials - 10 (2nd + 3rd large ; 1st fused with nasal)
Supraoculars - immediately above the half of the eye large; next one small.

Overall scales not very strongly keeled.

Red tail can also be used to lure the prey.

NOTE :- These observations are of this very specimen.