Question: In which of the following state Sahyadri tiger reserve is located?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- A new species of snake has been discovered in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri tiger reserve.
- This species usually falls in the category of cat snake or cat-eyed snakes and belongs to the genus Boiga.
- New Snake Species Named after Uddhav Thackeray’s Younger Son, Tejas; Thackeray’s cat snake, who contributed to this discovery.
- Tejas Thackeray first observed this species in 2015 and studied its behavior in detail.
- A research paper describing the new species and regarding this new discovery was published in the journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
Habitat and description about the new snake:
- These snakes belonging to this genus are found all over India, but some species are found only in the Western Ghats.
- The new Snake is non-venomous and arboreal species (living in trees and active mostly during the night).
- It has tiger-like stripes on its body & a light yellow texture, dotted with black marks from its head to the mid-section & it turns pink colour towards the other half of its body.
- The species have unique feature of feeding eggs of Frog.