Chennai Snake Park snake, annulated sea snake, common wolf snake, common vine snake, striped keelback, checkered keelback, olive keelback, common trinket snake, spectacled cobra, banded sea krait and hook-nosed sea snake. Crocodilian species include the gharial, marsh crocodile, saltwater crocodile, Siamese crocodile, African dwarf crocodile, Nile crocodile and spectacled caiman. Other reptiles at the park include water monitor, Bengal monitor, Indian black turtle, Indian flapshell turtle, Indian star tortoise, spotted rock gecko and South Asian chamaeleon. The snakes are housed in glass-fronted enclosures and the crocodilians and the larger lizards are housed in open-air enclosures protected by parapet walls and wire mesh. The
Banded cat-eyed snake honor of Hallowell's "friend Mr. Samuel Ashmead". Banded cat-eyed snake The banded cat-eyed snake ("Leptodeira annulata") is a species of medium-sized, mildly venomous, colubrid snake endemic to the New World. Additional common names include: cat-eyed night snake, "come sapo, culebra de pantano, culebra destenida, machete savane, mapana de agua, mapana tigre", and "ranera". It is found in Mexico, Central America, and South America, including the offshore islands of Margarita, and Trinidad and Tobago. Adults are about 750 mm (30 in) long and very slender. The head is distinct from the neck, and the large eyes have vertically elliptic pupils. The