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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keti Bunder
rich and diverse as compared to the beginning of winter season, when most of
the herpetiles start hibernation.
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Table 7 – Comparison of amphibian and reptilian diversity during summer and
winter studies at Keti Bunder
Species Name Total Summer Winter
1 Bufo stomaticus 117 117 0
2 Euphlyctis c. cyanophlyctis 39 25 14
3 Hoplobatrachus tigerinus 31 24 07
4 Lissemys punctata andersoni 14 14 0
5 Calotes v. versicolor 170 140 30
6 Uromastyx hardwickii 18 18 0
7 Cyrtopodion scaber 25 25 0
8 Hemidactylus brookii 14 0 14
9 Hemidactylus flaviviridis 158 135 23
10 Acanthodactylus cantoris 06 0 06
11 Ophisops jerdonii 04 0 04
12 Eutropis dissimilis 41 35 06
13 Varanus bengalensis 73 55 18
14 Eryx johnii 08 08 0
15 Lycodon s. striatus 03 03 0
16 Oligodon a. arnensis 01 01 0
17 Platyceps v. ventromaculatus 10 10 0
18 Psamophis l. leithii 03 03 0
19 Ptyas m. mucosus 09 07 02
20 Spalerosophis atriceps 04 04 0
21 Xenochrophis p. piscator 06 06 0
22 Naja n. naja 16 16 0
23 Bungarus c. caeruleus 01 0 01
24 Daboia r. russelii 07 0 07
25 Echis carinatus sochureki 116 78 38
26 Hydrophis caerulescens 03 0 03
27 Praescutata viperina 02 0 02
Total number of individuals
collected
899 724 175
3.3.3 Species richness
Table 8 gives four indexes of richness starting with the number of species
(graphically shown in Figure 5). Evenness and two biodiversity indexes are also
given in the table, namely Shannon’s and Margalef
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