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Species of Viperidae family. Photos: 10-Gloydius himalayanus (Himalayan pit viper) (Photo by Mahendra Katila); and 11-Trimeresurus septentrionalis (Kramer's pit viper) (Photo by Rishi Baral)
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Snakes are one of the most diverse vertebrates on the globe, mostly prefer arid zones. Nepal harbors a high unrecognized reptilian diversity. Information on the diversity and distribution of snakes in the western Nepal are derived from relatively from old literatures. This study updated the diversity and distribution of snakes from the Kaski distri...
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... The grey morph (Fig. 5) is distributed in the western Himalayas and recorded from the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand (Blyth 1860;Smith 1943;Husain & Ray 1995;Whitaker & Captain 2004;Vasudevan & Sondhi 2010). It is also found in the western part of Nepal where it is reported from the Zones of Gandaki and Karnali (Shah 2001;Gruber 2002;Shah & Tiwari 2004;Tillack et al. 2005;Shrestha & Shah 2017;Baral et al. 2020;Giri et al. 2020) with its currently known easternmost record from Landrung, Kaski District, Gandaki Zone (Tillack in Schleich & Kästle 2002). A single record of B. multifasciata from south of Sirdibas, Ghorka District, Manaslu area, Nepal (Pokhrel & Thakuri 2016), could not be allocated to a colour morph because this information was not provided by the authors. ...
Currently, Coluber monticolus Cantor is considered a junior synonym of the Common kukri snake, Oligodon arnensis
Shaw. In this work, we analyzed long time disregarded, unpublished original drawings and manuscripts concerning South
Asian snakes. Additionally we recall the hitherto little-noticed contact and exchange between B. H. Hodgson and T. E.
Cantor. We correct erroneous assumptions regarding the authorship and identity of C. monticolus and, in accordance
with Art. 23.9 of the “Code” (ICZN 1999), we declare Dipsas multifasciata Blyth a nomen protectum with priority over
Coluber monticolus Hodgson in Cantor (nomen oblitum).
