CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rediscovered in Assam after 112 years: The blue-bellied kukri snake. The snake was found at a place called Barengabari along the southern boundary of the Manas National Park .

Detailed explanation-2: -Guwahati: The rediscovery of the Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall) in the vicinity of Manas National Park, for the first time in India after 112 years, may be an indication of the presence of rarer snake species in the northeast.

Detailed explanation-3: -A rare blue bellied Kukri Snake was spotted in Assam after a century marking a milestone in the field of herpetology. The rare snake known as Oligodon melaneus, commonly known as Bluebelly Kukri Snake, was recently discovered in the North East State after 112 years of its original description.

Detailed explanation-4: -The new species has been named Rhabdophis bindi for “having a distinct roughly rhomboidal red coloured nuchal spot/blotch which is absent from all other species” of the genus Rhabdophis, which has 27 species, found across South, East and SouthEast Asia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The arani kukri snake (Oligodon arnensis), is a species of nonvenomous colubrid found mainly in South Asia.