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Western Ghats
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Eastern Ghats
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Malabar Coast
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Deccan Plateau
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Detailed explanation-1: -Found in India in the Western Ghats: from Tirunelveli Hills in Tamil Nadu, at the southern tip of the country, northwards up to the Amboli Hills in Maharashtra.
Detailed explanation-2: -The new-to-science snake named “lenrul”, meaning high-elevation snake in the Mizo language, is the only one of its kind in India found beyond 1, 700 metres above the mean sea level.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Western Ghats are a hotspot for biodiversity in India, with a large number of endemic snake species.
Detailed explanation-4: -Melanophidium punctatum, commonly known as Beddome’s black shieldtail or Beddome’s black earth snake, is a species of shieldtail snake endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The greater black krait (Bungarus niger) or black krait, is a species of krait, a venomous snake in the genus Bungarus of the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.