Living With Pythons: Nationwide initiative to create awareness of three python species
Q. Which snakes are covered under the nationwide “Living With Pythons” initiative?- Published on 04 Sep 17a. Rock Python
b. Burmese Python
c. Reticulated Python
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
Under an innovative initiative ‘Living with Pythons’, herpetologist and researcher Nirmal U. Kulkarni and his team are trying to address the need for a common protocol for python rescue and release.
The initiative will help address the issues relating to reptile-human conflict across the country during such rescue and release efforts.
As a first step to address this challenge, Mr. Kulkarni’s team has distributed 100 specially designed large python rescue snake bags to rescuers, forest department field staff and field researchers, across the country.
“Living with Pythons” is a nationwide initiative started to create awareness and instil appreciation about India’s three Python species.
These include the Indian Rock Python (Python molurus), Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) and Reticulated Python (Malayopython Reticulatus).
This is the first of its kind of initiative for important large snakes like the python and is the first of many initiatives that will follow as part of this project.
These bags are made of breathable cotton material and are designed for safe handling, rescue and release of large bodied snakes like pythons.
Easy to carry and wash, these bags play a major role in safety of both the snake handler as well as the snake in times of rescue as well as release of the snake.
