SNAKE DIVERSITY IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF THAR DESERT OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA | UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
After the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna canal expansion for three decades, the pattern of ecological assemblage in the arid and semi-arid zone of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan altered at a high rate. This study reviews the most preferred, secret, and environmentally sensitive underprivileged taxa (serpents) in the golden triangle of the Thar Desert of Rajasthan State in the sense of diversity and occurrence (Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, and Bikaner). Overall, in four years of comprehensive field study based on active search, night drives, scale counting, and topographic databases, 22 species and one subspecies were described. In contrast to this, possible colonies of lesser-known Sindh Awl-headed snake, Afro-Asian sand snake, and Red-spotted royal snake have revealed the finding of this study pointed out the apparent abolition of previously most common snake such as Russell's viper and Indian rock python. Please see the link :- https://mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/1826