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This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India. Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians) Suborder: Eusuchia. Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles) Genus: ...
52 reptile species including 29 species of snakes, Indian star tortoise and the largest population of mugger crocodiles in Kerala; 14 fish species observed in the Chinnar and Pambar rivers include Garra mullya, river-carp baril, giant danio and the endangered hill stream game fish Deccan mahseer; 15 amphibian species; 156 species of butterflies ...
Plectrurus aureus, commonly known as the Kerala burrowing snake or Kerala shield-tail snake, [1] is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to India. Geographic range [ edit ]
Kerala has about 453 species of birds such as the Sri Lanka frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger), leaf picking bird, Oriental bay owl, large frugivores like the great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) and Indian grey hornbill, as well as the more widespread birds such as peafowl, Indian cormorant, jungle and hill mynas, the Oriental darter, black ...
This file, which was originally posted to A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 ; doi : 10.11609/jott.2002.7.13.8010-8022 , was reviewed on 9 June 2017 by reviewer Daphne Lantier , who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
A small species of snake, X. captaini does not exceed 20 cm ... "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (13): 8010–8022.
The Karimpuzha wildlife sanctuary has almost all the mammals endemic to Western Ghats including the Nilgiri Tahr and Lion-tailed macaque.The wildlife sanctuary is home to 226 bird, 213 butterfly species, [1] 23 species amphibian species, 33 reptile species and several endangered fish species.
Uropeltis ceylanica is a species of nonvenomous shieldtail snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. No subspecies are currently recognized as being valid, but the presence of several synonyms, many recently resurrected, calls for further taxonomic studies of this species complex. [3]