Original Research Article I Volume 2 I Issue 4 I 2014

Preliminary study of herpetofaunal diversity in Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Omkar V. Yadav and S. R. Yankanchi

Biolife; 2014, 2(4), pp 1154-1159

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7238205

Abstract:

The present study was undertaken to the survey of Herpetofauna carried out in the selected area of Radahanagari Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS), Kolhapur district, Maharashtra during June 2013 to May 2014.The Radahanagari Wild Life Sanctuary is located between 16°10” to 16°30” north latitude and 73°52” to 74°14” east longitude. During survey, we reported 56 species of herpetofauna which represents about 6.5% of all known Herpetofauna from India. All reported species belong to 42 genera distributed among the 20 families in which 34 species of Reptiles belonging to 12 families are distributed over 26 genera and 22 species of amphibians belonging to 8 families are scattered over 16 genera

Keywords:

Diversity, Herpetofauna, Radhanagari WLS.

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Article Dates:

Received: 8 October 2014; Accepted: 22 November 2014; Published: 11 December 2014

How To Cite:

Omkar V. Yadav, & S. R. Yankanchi. (2022). PRELIMINARY STUDY OF HERPETOFAUNAL DIVERSITY IN RADHANAGARI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (WLS), KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. Biolife, 2(4), 1154–1159. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7238205

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