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Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Also called the Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon. Recent discoveries of the species from Maharashtra and Gujarat suggests that the species may be more widespread. The snake has special adaptations such as a vertebral hypapophysis, a projection of the backbone, that juts into the oesophagus and helps in cracking eggs.

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  • Indian Egg-eater
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  • Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Also called the Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon. Recent discoveries of the species from Maharashtra and Gujarat suggests that the species may be more widespread. The snake has special adaptations such as a vertebral hypapophysis, a projection of the backbone, that juts into the oesophagus and helps in cracking eggs.
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Date
  • --11-05
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  • DD
Name
  • Indian Egg-eating Snake
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  • iucn2.3
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Species
  • E. westermanni
  • westermanni
Genus
  • Elachistodon
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  • Elachistodon westermanni
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  • Animalia
Year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
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  • Indian Egg-eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Also called the Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon. Recent discoveries of the species from Maharashtra and Gujarat suggests that the species may be more widespread. This species is glossy brown to black with bluish white flecks toward the hind end and a creamy stripe on the mid dorsal from neck to tail tip. The head is brown with a black arrow mark. The ventral are white with brown dots. It is nocturnal. The snake has special adaptations such as a vertebral hypapophysis, a projection of the backbone, that juts into the oesophagus and helps in cracking eggs.
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