Common Name: COMMON BRIDAL SNAKE
Odia Name: __________
Zoological Name: Lycodon nypmha
Family: Colubridae
WL(P)A – Schedule – IV
Slender body, smooth-scaled. Dark brown or black above with creamish-white bands that widen on the sides and break up on hind body. Each band is 3-4 scales wide. Upper lip, back of head and neck creamish-white. Often confused with Common krait. (Earlier it was known as Dryocalamus nympha)
Look-alikes: Wolf snakes
Common Krait
IFSC Code:
BARB0SABHUB
Name:
Snake Helpline
Account Number:
24280100011242
Bank:
Bank of Baroda
Branch:
Samantarapur Branch, Bhubaneswar, Odisha