Authors : Adhav U.K.1, Dr. Pol S.B.2, Kapse S.V.3, Chaudhary S.A.
Page Nos : 120-124
Description :
The reptiles are the one of the main group of animals which is greatly diversified to various habits and habitat. There is also a frequent occurrence of various reptiles in city. Most of the occurrence of this reptiles vary month to month. The study was carried from April 2019 to January 2020. The city area is (rural and urban area), water canal area, water supplement area and Pravara river banks and Greenland area was the common home for this animal. From Shrirampur various types of reptilian animals was recorded. The commonly found reptiles are included wall lizards, skink, various garden lizards, and predominantly snakes. The snake bite is common scenario in and around Shrirampur city. Hence there was need to identify and distinguish them as poisonous and non-poisonous. The skink was used as a food by some peoples. While snakes are facing the problem of killing, smuggling and ultimately there is decrease in biodiversity. The frequent reoccurrence of these animals is due to various reasons. Out of these habitat loss and scarcity of food in wild habitat or the food is available near to human dwellings, competition and predations are common one. Avoid poisonous snake bites by using some strategies of prevention. Reptiles are natural predators for various pest. Pests are uneconomical to us and our agricultural income aspects and hence reptiles perform key role as a biological agent. Reptiles are the natural food for other animals like birds and other mammals not to human. The smuggling of reptiles should be prohibited. The maintenance of cleanliness around residential area is also effective against snake bite.
