REPTILE STOCK :
CROCODILIANS |
Common name |
Total |
|
1 |
Crocodylus palustris |
Mugger or marsh crocodile |
2441 |
2 |
Crocodylus porosus |
Salt water crocodile |
35 |
3 |
Gavialis gangeticus |
Gharial |
21 |
4 |
Caiman crocodylus crocodylus |
Spectacled Caiman |
120 |
5 |
Paleosuchus yacare |
Yacare caiman |
3 |
6 |
Paleosuchus palpebrosus |
Dwarf caiman |
6 |
7 |
Alligator mississippiensis |
American alligator |
3 |
8 |
Crocodylus siamensis |
Siamese crocodile |
15 |
9 |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Nile crocodile |
4 |
10 |
Crocodylus cataphractus |
African slender snouted crocodile |
6 |
11 |
Osteolaemus tetraspis |
West African dwarf crocodile |
3 |
12 |
Crocodylus moreletti |
Morelet’s crocodile |
6 |
13 |
Tomistoma schlegelli |
Malayan false gharial |
3 |
14 |
Crocodylus johnsoni |
Australian freshwater crocodile |
2 |
TOTAL |
2668 |
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SNAKES |
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1 |
Ophiophagus hannah |
King Cobra |
11 |
2 |
Python molurus |
Rock python |
5 |
3 |
Python reticulates |
Reticulated python |
2 |
4 |
Naja naja |
Common Indian Cobra |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
19 |
|
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FRESHWATER TURTLES |
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1 |
Aspideretes gangeticus |
Indian soft shelled turtle |
12 |
2 |
Lissemys punctata andersoni |
Indian flapshell turtle |
2 |
3 |
Lissemys punctata |
Indian flapshell turtle |
18 |
4 |
Batagur baska |
River terrapin |
2 |
5 |
Kachuga kachuga |
Red – crowned roof turtle |
5 |
6 |
Kachuga tecta |
Indian roofed turtle |
2 |
7 |
Kachuga tecta circumdata |
Indian roofed turtle |
2 |
8 |
Hardella thurjii |
Crowned river turtle |
2 |
TOTAL |
45 |
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LIZARDS |
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1 |
Varanus salvator |
Water monitor lizard |
7 |
2 |
Iguana iguana |
Green iguana |
3 |
TOTAL |
10 |
(As of 31st March 2003 )
REPTILE TRANSFERS :
|
SPECIES |
Nos |
DESTINATION |
1. |
Alligator mississipiensis American alligator |
1 : 1 |
National Zoological Park, Delhi |
2. |
Caiman crocodylus crocodylus Caiman crocodile |
2 : 2 |
National Zoological Park, Delhi |
3. |
Crocodylus siamensis Siamese crocodile |
2 : 2 |
National Zoological Park, Delhi
|
4 |
Alligator mississipiensis American alligator |
1 |
Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai |
5 |
Crocodylus niloticus Nile crocodile |
1 |
Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai |
6 |
Crocodylus siamensis Siamese crocodile |
2 : 2 |
Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai |
7 |
Crocodylus moreletti Morelet’s crocodile |
2 : 2 |
Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai |
(As of April 2002 - March 2003)