City Desk :
Experts urged all not to pay heed to misinformation over Russell’s viper, one of the most venomous snakes, as the nearly extinct species of the snake was spotted in some districts in the country.
“Prevalence history of Russell’s viper is very old in Bangladesh. Russell’s viper (locally known as Chandraboroa) was seen hardly in any districts till 2013,” wildlife and snake expert Abu Saeed told BSS on Saturday.
“In Bangladesh, there are around 119 snake species. Of them, eighty percent of snakes are nonpoisonous,” he added.
Narrating prevalence history of Russell’s viper, Abu Saeed, who won Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation-2023, said Russell’s viper was found in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna regions in a very limited scale before 2002.