Rare Snake Found At Hyderabad Zoo Park 

Hyderabad: A rare snake species was found in the premises of the Nehru Zoological Park here last week.

Three animal keepers A. Prabhakar, M. Subhash and A. Sachin rescued the snake in the environs of the Tadbun Masjid-e-Abubaker Siddiq area located in the park's periphery on July 28.

The reptile was identified as a Yellow Collared Wolf snake (lycodon flavicollis) by the zoo veterinary section. "The snake is about 46 cm long. Presence of thick yellow collar, which extended to lower of head, and chocolate brown degenerated bands on mid body were noted," a zoo officer said.

This species was said to have been found in 2007 on the periphery of the Anaikatti Reserve Forest, Western Ghats, Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, he added.

Nehru Zoological Park Curator Shivani Dogra said after keen examination of the species, it will be released in the zoo campus.