{"id":31795,"date":"2025-04-07T04:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T22:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31795"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:21:34","slug":"long-snouted-vine-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/long-snouted-vine-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-snouted Vine Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Long-snouted Vine Snake (Ahaetulla longirostris) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, a rare long-snouted vine snake (Ahaetulla longirostris) was rediscovered in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, during a rhino release operation in the Palia Kheri division.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This marks the <strong>first recorded sighting in Uttar Pradesh<\/strong> and <strong>only the second documented instance in India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The species was previously seen only in the <strong>Valmiki Tiger Reserve<\/strong>, Bihar, and <strong>some parts of Odisha<\/strong>, with its natural range usually in <strong>Southeast Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Long-snouted Vine Snake (Ahaetulla longirostris)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It belongs to the Colubridae family<\/strong>, which includes mostly non-venomous snakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It has a long, slender body<\/strong> that is typically <strong>bright green or brown<\/strong>, helping it to camouflage in foliage.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>distinctive elongated snout (rostral extension)<\/strong> differentiates it from other vine snakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is an arboreal species<\/strong>, living on trees, and <strong>easily blends with leaves and branches<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is mildly venomous<\/strong> but <strong>not dangerous to humans<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Dudhwa Tiger Reserve<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Located on the Indo-Nepal border<\/strong> in the <strong>Lakhimpur Kheri district<\/strong>, Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>The reserve includes <strong>Dudhwa National Park<\/strong>, <strong>Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>, <strong>Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>, and forest areas of <strong>North Kheri, South Kheri, and Shahjahanpur<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It lies within the <strong>Tarai-Bhabar zone<\/strong> of the <strong>Upper Gangetic Plains Biogeographic Province<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Rivers in the Region:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sharda River<\/strong> near Kishanpur Sanctuary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geruwa River<\/strong> through Katarniaghat Sanctuary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suheli and Mohana Rivers<\/strong> in Dudhwa National Park<\/li>\n<li>All are tributaries of the <strong>Ghaghara River<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation and Flora: Features North Indian Moist Deciduous Forests, dominated by Sal trees (Shorea robusta). Other important trees include:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Terminalia alata (Asna)<\/li>\n<li>Lagerstroemia parviflora (Asidha)<\/li>\n<li>Adina cordifolia (Haldu)<\/li>\n<li>Mitragyna parviflora (Faldu)<\/li>\n<li>Gmelina arborea (Ghamhar)<\/li>\n<li>Holoptelea integrifolia (Kanju)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Mammals<\/strong>: Tiger, Leopard (Guldar), Fishing cat, Langur, Jackal, Civet, Mongoose<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birds<\/strong>: Dabchick, Spot-billed Pelican, Large and Little Cormorants, Grey Heron, White and Black Stork, White Ibis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reptiles<\/strong>: Gharial, Mugger crocodile, Python, Banded krait, Russell\u2019s viper, Sand boa, Rat snake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Long-snouted Vine Snake FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What is the Long-snouted Vine Snake?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong> It is a newly discovered snake species from the Western Ghats, India, under the genus <i>Ahaetulla<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>Where was it discovered?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong> In the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Goa, known for rich endemic biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>What is unique about this species?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong> It has an exceptionally long snout, distinguishing it from other vine snakes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>What is its conservation status?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong> As a newly described species, its IUCN status is yet to be assessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/rare-long-snouted-vine-snake-rediscovered-in-dudhwa-tiger-reserve\/article69411596.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A non-venomous snake from the Colubridae family, known for its slender green or brown body that blends easily into foliage for effective camouflage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}