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Wood snake
March 14 , 2019
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- A species of wood snake (Xylophis indicus) that wasn’t seen for 140 years has reappeared in a survey conducted by scientists in the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamilnadu.
- The species is endemic to the Meghamalai forests and the Periyar Tiger Reserve landscape.
- The local population of wood snakes was last spotted and recorded by British military officer and naturalist Colonel Richard Henry Beddome in 1878.
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