Authors: Basant Subedi, Sandeep Oli, Chiranjeevi Khanal, Santosh Bhattarai
Abstract: We herein present a checklist of 28 species of snakes in 20 genera and seven families recorded as rescues or opportunistic sightings between July 2018 and December 2024 in Dang District, Lumbini Province, Nepal. Fifteen species are in the family Colubridae, five in the family Elapidae, two each in the families Erycidae, Natricidae, and Viperidae, and one each in the families Pythonidae and Typhlopidae. We provide photographic evidence of the Streaked Kukri Snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) from the Deukhuri Valley as a new record for Nepal and an additional 13 species were new records for Dang District. The major threats observed during the study period were forest fires, forest encroachment, construction activities, and intentional killing of snakes.
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