Reptile

Green keelback

Rhabdophis plumbicolor

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Least Concern

Green keelback (Rhabdophis plumbicolor) — Image: Ninad Bhosale · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name: Rhabdophis plumbicolor
Family: Colubridae
Group: Reptile
Conservation status: Least Concern

A green water-loving snake of damp forest.

Spot it Green body with fine dark markings.
Home Damp forest and stream edges.
Food web Eats frogs and toads; birds of prey eat it.
Why it matters Keeps frog numbers balanced in wet habitats.

Read more: Rhabdophis plumbicolor on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for southern Rajasthan.^[1]

Sources

Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
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