期刊名称：Research Journal of Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences
电子版ISSN：2320-6535
出版年度：2013
卷号：1
期号：4
页码：15-17
语种：English
出版社：International Science Community Association
摘要：Very few studies on Herpetological Road mortality have been conducted in India which is related to amphibians only. Thereare several studies outside the India on road kills of reptiles. During the different seasons reptiles can be seen dead on roads.The present study, we collected the reptiles representing 8 species in Khed Tehsil from different regional type like Industrial,gricultural, water bodies and forest regions. We select the road which shows a similar habitat pattern of other areas ofKhed tehsil. No observation of road kill was made between months of August, but two distinctive peaks in road kills wereseen in June- July and September- October. The threatened status is more in agricultural and forest areas of Khed Tahasil,Pune (MS), India.
