昆虫学、鳥類学、爬虫類学: 現在の研究
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概要

Aberrant Head Coloration in a Barred Wolf Snake, Lycodon striatus (Shaw 1802), from Odisha, India

Jyoti Shankar Sahu*, Bibhuti Bhusan Nahak, Aurobindo Samal, Sandipt Maharana, 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.