Snake Parks

Snake Parks in Pune

Under the guidance of

Mr. Swapnil Seth

SCMS – (U.G.)

Viman Nagar

Pune

2008-11

Acknowledgement

This is to certify that Nidip Garg, BBA student of SCMS (UG) under the guidance of Mr. Swapnil Seth has completed his discretion Snake Parks in Pune in partial fulfillment in his bachelor degree during the year 2008-2011. Such information obtained from different sources has been duly acknowledged .

Unit I – Introduction

Unit II- Aims & Objectives

UnitIII- Method – References

Unit IV – Data Collection

Unit V – Data Analysis

Unit VI-Result

UnitVII- Suggestions

Snake Parks In India

THE incredible diversity of habitats in India, from the alpine landscape of the Himalayas to the punishing hot deserts of western India, has engendered a bewildering variety of life forms, including many varieties of snakes. They have adapted well to these varied haunts. Although snakes are universally fascinating and, in India, are of particular religious and medical importance, we did not have a field guide. After Malcolm Smith wrote his Serpentes as the third volume to the Fauna of British India in 1943, no major work on the subject has come out, except two; Whitaker brought out a short field guide covering 30 species in 1978 and the National Book Trust published a book on snakes by P.J. Deoras. Now we have this sparkling new field guide.

Katraj Snake Park , Pune

The Katraj Snake Park of Pune became functional in 1986, by the efforts of Mr. Neelam Kumar Khaire, aided by the Pune Municipal Corporation. Mr Khaire is not only the Director of the park but also a snake lover himself. He has introduced novel techniques of communication such as providing information about snakes for the blind through Braille.Located in Katraj, this snake park is home to a number of snakes and other reptiles like crocodiles. One can see Snakes of different shapes and sizes in the park. Information about snakes with pictures is displayed in a...