Wildlifeof India
Platyceps bholanathi
Colubrid Snakes
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Platyceps bholanathi
Basic stats
Diet
Lizards, small mammals and birds
Habitat
Among rock boulders; active by day
Range
Peninsular India: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana
Platyceps bholanathi is a slender, day-active, fast-moving snake that lives among rock boulders. It is rich brown above with white, black-edged rounded or oval spots on the back, and white below. It feeds on lizards, small mammals and birds (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found in peninsular India, in the Eastern Ghats and the Deccan Plateau, in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. It is a rather recently described species, first discovered in 1976 at the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam by scientists of the Zoological Survey of India.
Quick answers
- What does the Platyceps bholanathi eat?
- Lizards, small mammals and birds
- What habitat does the Platyceps bholanathi live in?
- Among rock boulders; active by day
- Where is the Platyceps bholanathi found?
- Peninsular India: Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana