TROPIDONOTUS-NON-POISONOUS SNAKES

TROPIDONOTUS-This is common snake found in pond,or also called grass snake.It feeds on frogs,toads,fish. Body is stout,cylindrical and 1 meter long.Body is rough due to keeled scales. Colour is yellow or brown with black spots. e.g T.quincunciatus,two black streaks run behind from each eye. It is not harmless.
LYCODON-The maxillary fangs are not grooved but adapted for catching these slippery lizards.Colour is brown above with white cross bars all over the body.e.g wolf snake grows to 60 cm.The ridge runs along the sides of abdomen and tail.Incolouration it mimics the poisonous krait, but is non-poisonous.
DRYOPHIS-The whip snake has excessively slender body like the cord .Head is narrow,long with a tapering snout.Pupil is horizintal.posterior fang like maxillary,teeth is grooved.Having green colour.It is viviparour and feed on small birds and reptiles.The non-poisonous snake its saliva is weakly poisonous so they was able to kill small animals.

UROPELTIS-NON-POISONUS SNAKES

It is called rough-tailed snake.It is similiar to blind snake having a short tail ends flat rough shield.Teeth are found in both jaws.It is viviparous. e.g uropeltis grandis.
TYPHLOPS-Having a size of 175-180 cm long.It looks like earthworm,hence the worm snake.Tail is blunt. Body scales are small,uniform and semicircular. Blunt scales is covered with large shield. Eyes are vestigial and hidden beneath shing scales,called as blind snakes. Teeth are abesent in lower jaw. It is harmless and feeds on insect larvae and termites.e.g T.braminus and T.thurstoni.