Joka Wetlands

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Joka Wildlife

Orange-tailed Marsh Dart

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List contributed by Bikramadittya G Roy and Sajal Bar

Mammals
Jungle Cat
Fishing Cat
Jackal
Five Striped Palm Squirrel
Palm Civet
Large Indian Civet
Small Indian Civet
Small Indian Mongoose
Large Indian Mongoose
Otter species
Greater Bandicoot Rat
Lesser Bandicoot Rat
Tree Rat
Flying fox
Indian Pipistrelle
Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Fulvous Fruit Bat
House Mouse
Field Mouse
Shrew

Reptiles

Snakes (vernacular names in brackets)
Checkered Keelback (Jaldhora) – nonvenomous
Buffstriped Keelback (Hele) – nonvenomous
Smooth Water Snake (Mete) – nonvenomous
Banded Kukri Snake (Udaykal) – nonvenomous
Ornate Flying Snake (Kalnagini) – nonvenomous
Green Vine Snake (Laudoga) – nonvenomous
Common Wolf Snake (Ghar chiti) – nonvenomous
Common Blind Snake (Pue saap) – nonvenomous
Indian Rat Snake (Daras) – nonvenomous
Russell’s Viper (Chandra bora) – venomous
Monocellate Cobra (Keute) – venomous
Banded Krait (Sakhamuti) – venomous

Others
Yellow Monitor
Water Monitor
Indian Flapshell Turtle
Garden Lizard
Brahminy Skink
Snake Skink
Common House Gecko
Northern House Gecko
Brook’s Gecko
Bark Gecko

March 2010, Kolkata