Assam: Rare Salazar's pit viper snake rescued from bordering Dhubri-Kokrajhar district

Rare Salazar's pit viper has been rescued from a resident at Bhelakoba Part-l area bordering Dhubri and Kokrajhar district in Sapatgram on October 13.

The rescue was conducted by snake rescuer Biswajit Barman, the Salazar's pit viper is a species of venomous green pit viper which first discovered in 2019 in the lowlands of the western part of Arunachal Pradesh.

Barman informed that its habitat is under threat from human development activities and this snake was first discovered during a herpetological expedition in the summer of 2019 their diet includes lizards, amphibians, birds, rodents and other small mammals.