{"id":73679,"date":"2025-11-16T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73679"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:15:59","slug":"checkered-keelback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/checkered-keelback\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkered Keelback"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Checkered Keelback Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team from the Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden recently recorded the first case of albinism in the checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), also called the Asian water snake, in Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Checkered Keelback<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Checkered keelback, also known commonly as the <\/span><b>Asiatic water snake,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 is a <\/span><b>medium-sized nonvenomous snake native to Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Fowlea piscator<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is typically found in the <\/span><b>Indian subcontinent,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including <\/span><b>India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in <\/span><b>almost all parts of India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Freshwater habitats such as <\/span><b>ponds, marshes, and rice fields.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>slender and elongated body,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it <\/span><b>agile and fast.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average length is around 3-4 feet, and it weighs between 200-500 grams.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its body is stout and <\/span><b>covered with keeled scales on the upper side.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its colour is <\/span><b>olive-brown, olive-green or yellow, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">usually with <\/span><b>black patches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes it is <\/span><b>found in red too.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>underside <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>off-white or light yellow.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>head pointed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and slightly broader than the neck.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its diet mainly consists of fish, frogs, and small reptiles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>IUCN Ref List: Least Concern<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/first-albino-asian-water-snake-recorded-in-assam\/article70280700.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Checkered Keelback is a nonvenomous Asian water snake widely found in India\u2019s freshwater habitats. 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