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Family: Colubridae

Genus: Argyrogena

Common name: Banded Racer (Non Venomous)

Scientific name: Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802)

Species: A. Fasciolata

Birth: 150mm (6 in)

Adults: 750mm (30 in)

Maximum: 1347 mm (53 in)

Region: This snake found in many part of India. Also found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Description: Snout obtuse, curved and prominent; rostral large, broader than wide, the
portion visible from above more than half its length from the frontal; suture between the
internasals as long as that between the prefrontals or a little shorter; frontal nearly as
long as its distance from the end of the snout, or as the parietals; loreal as long as deep
or longer than deep; one pre-ocular, usually with a small subocular below; two or three
postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3; upper labials 8, fourth and fifth entering the eye; 4 or
5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields nearly as
long as the anterior, separated from each other by two or three series of scales. Dorsals
smooth, in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 197-225; a**l divided; subcaudals 73-88. Yellowish or
brownish olive above, with narrow white, brown, and black variegated cross bands on the
anterior half of the body; these bands may entirely disappear in the adult; lower parts
uniform yellowish.

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Banded Kukri ( Non-Venomouse )
oligodon arnensis

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