{"id":50443,"date":"2025-06-16T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50443"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:31:57","slug":"indian-rat-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-rat-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Rat Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Indian Rat Snake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State Board for Wildlife, which will meet next week, will consider a proposal for notifying the snake as the official reptile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indian Rat Snake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>non-venomous<\/b> <b>commonly seen snake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is famous for its <\/span><b>fast crawling speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and much larger size than most of the widely distributed species found in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as <\/span><b>Manja Chera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Karinchera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rat Snakes <\/span><b>are carnivorous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; also consume the hatchlings of venomous and dangerous snakes, such as cobras.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Behaviour: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>diurnal species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which shows both arboreal and terrestrial activity depending upon foraging and resting needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The snake is found in <\/span><b>diverse habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including forests, forest clearings and edges, open tropical dry forests, savannas, scrublands, plantations, villages and cultivated areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Distribution of Indian Rat Snake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India, throughout South and Southeast Asia, China, Pakistan, Turkmenistan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is found in most parts of the country including <\/span><b>Andaman Island.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ecological Significance of Indian Rat Snake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is commonly found in human habitations, plays a major role in controlling the rodent population that damages agricultural crops including grains and tubers in fields and farmlands that spread infectious diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rat snakes, also known as friends of farmers, have great conservation value.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation status of Indian Rat Snake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Concern\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wildlife (Protection) Act: Schedule One<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/indian-rat-snake-vying-for-official-reptile-of-kerala-status\/article69697067.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Rat Snake is a non-venomous, fast-moving snake commonly found across India. Known for its speed and agility, it plays a vital role in rodent control. Read more about   Indian Rat Snake, Distribution, Ecological Significance, Latest News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[872,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-50443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-indian-rat-snake","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50443","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}