Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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Department of Biology, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Bhubaneswar, India

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Aberrant Head Coloration in a Barred Wolf Snake, Lycodon striatus (Shaw 1802), from Odisha, India
  Author(s): Jyoti Shankar Sahu*, Bibhuti Bhusan Nahak, Aurobindo Samal, Sandipt Maharana and Shreya Pandey
  
  Body patterns in snakes vary as per the species, geographical location, and adaptive requirements of species and it is created by the presence of different pigments in the skin. The patterns tend to provide various functions from basic to more specific ones. The barred wolf snake is one of the snakes showing morphological color patterns and is often used for its identification purpose. Color aberration in snake is observed as common-phenomena. Here in, we have documented a unique aberration in the barred wolf snake... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0983.22.11.293

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