"Colubridae"

#11332524

15 June 2024

Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma Stolatum) Are Nonvenomous Colubrid Snakes That Are Distributed In India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, And Sri Lanka, Where They Occur In A Variety Of Natural And Altered Habitats That Include Fields, Grasslands, Cultivated Areas, Scrub, And Gardens, Usually In The Vicinity Of Water. It Belongs To The Subfamily Natricinae, And Is Closely Related To Water Snakes And Grass Snakes. It Is A Typically Nonaggressive Snake That Feeds On Frogs And Toads. One Hot Afternoon A Colorful-skinned Wild Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma Stolatum) Snake Goes Out Hunting And Tries To Catch A Toad Or Frog By Putting Its Mouth Inside An Ant Hole At Tehatta, West Bengal, India On 15/06/2024.

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#11332525

15 June 2024

Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma Stolatum) Are Nonvenomous Colubrid Snakes That Are Distributed In India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, And Sri Lanka, Where They Occur In A Variety Of Natural And Altered Habitats That Include Fields, Grasslands, Cultivated Areas, Scrub, And Gardens, Usually In The Vicinity Of Water. It Belongs To The Subfamily Natricinae, And Is Closely Related To Water Snakes And Grass Snakes. It Is A Typically Nonaggressive Snake That Feeds On Frogs And Toads. One Hot Afternoon A Colorful-skinned Wild Buff-striped Keelback (Amphiesma Stolatum) Snake Goes Out Hunting And Tries To Catch A Toad Or Frog By Putting Its Mouth Inside An Ant Hole At Tehatta, West Bengal, India On 15/06/2024.

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#10841932

10 December 2023

Pigeons are being sold inside a cage in Old Delhi, India, on December 10, 2023.

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#10841933

10 December 2023

Pigeons are being sold inside a cage in Old Delhi, India, on December 10, 2023.

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#10341858

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341860

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341864

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341866

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341870

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341872

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10301074

25 July 2023

A Colubridae family snake has died on the road and the snake's body is being eaten by a group of pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis) at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on july 25, 2023.

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#10301080

25 July 2023

A Colubridae family snake has died on the road and the snake's body is being eaten by a group of pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis) at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on july 25, 2023.

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#10236070

4 July 2023

The checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), is also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous. The checkered keelback is a medium-sized snake but may grow to be large. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 1.75 m (5.7 ft). Though it is non-venomous to humans, it can deliver a painful bite that is inflammatory. Late at night, a checkered keelback snake hunted an Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) and ate on the dark road next to the forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 02/07/2023.

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#10029166

11 May 2023

A Colubridae family snake skin on the wall hole of an abandoned house at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 11/05/2023. Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites that may have attached to their old skin. On hot summer days, snakes seek out shade and shelter like tall grass or beneath covers like rocks, shady trees, decks, or porches to stay cool.

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#10029168

11 May 2023

A Colubridae family snake skin on the wall hole of an abandoned house at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 11/05/2023. Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites that may have attached to their old skin. On hot summer days, snakes seek out shade and shelter like tall grass or beneath covers like rocks, shady trees, decks, or porches to stay cool.

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#10029170

11 May 2023

A Colubridae family snake skin on the wall hole of an abandoned house at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 11/05/2023. Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites that may have attached to their old skin. On hot summer days, snakes seek out shade and shelter like tall grass or beneath covers like rocks, shady trees, decks, or porches to stay cool.

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