Indian Egg Eating Snake (Elachistodon westermanni)

[Prathamesh Ghadekar]

This is one of the rarest Snakes in India. It was considered as an extinct species for almost 100 years until it's recent rediscovery in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Only two species of Egg Eating Snake roam the world, the other being African Egg Eater. These snakes have a more than normal ability of stretching their jaws.