For First Time, King Cobra Documented In Himachal
A local resident, Praveen Thakur, had clicked the pictures of the snake on his cell phone and shared the same with the forest and wildlife department, Paonta Sahib.
Ashwani Sharma 07 June 2021, Last Updated at 11:45 am Ashwani Sharma 2021-06-07T11:43:41+05:30 For First Time, King Cobra Documented In Himachal outlookindia.com 2021-06-07T11:45:09+05:30
Known as being the land of Himalayan bio diversities Himachal Pradesh‘s wildlife department has, for the first time, documented a new Vertebrate species – King Cobra, known as the world’s longest venomous snake.
Confirming the same, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Archana Sharma said the reptile was spotted by a local person Praveen Singh, who had clicked the pictures of the snake, shot a video – both in his cell phone and posted on social media.
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June 05, 2021 13:49 IST
India’s field researchers have kept the insect world buzzing with new additions. We speak to some of them about the species they found
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India’s field researchers have kept the insect world buzzing with new additions. We speak to some of them about the species they found
Species name:
Nacaduba Sinhala ramaswamii, a line blue butterfly
Named after: Ramamsamy SRK a farmer based out of Saptur village, located at 45 kilometres from Madurai
“I have completed recording as many as 300 butterfly species in the Western Ghats, only a few are left,” declares Ramamsamy SRK over phone from his farm at Saptur in Madurai. Recently, one of his discoveries, a new sub-species of a six line blue butterfly, earned him a rare honour. Named