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Rare venomous snake found alive for the first time

in Uttarakhand
Shivani Azad / TNN / Updated: Jun 28, 2021, 09:29 IST
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DEHRADUN: A rare species of snake has been discovered by
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found in altitudes between 2,500 and 6,000 feet — on the Covshield vaccine
way to Bhadraj temple. According to scientists, this is an
extremely rarely-found and venomous snake.
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A total of 107 species of this snake have been discovered

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around the world but only seven of them have so far been
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found in India. According to WII scientists, this is the first
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“The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is bestowed with rich

and endemic biodiversity. The occurrence of this species in
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The sighting of the snake has been extensively covered in a

scientific paper ‘Black-bellied Coral Snake Sinomicrurus
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Himalayas, India’ that was published in the ‘Journal of

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