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 racer 1060 mm (3.5 feet); tail 220 mm (8.5 inches). Shaw's original description of the species was based on a plate in Russell, Ind. Serp. (1796). Banded racer The banded racer ("Argyrogena fasciolata") is a species of colubrid snake, the genus Argyrogena. It is found in India except for North Bengal and Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Snout obtuse, curved and prominent; rostral large, broader than wide, the portion visible from above more than half its length from the frontal; suture between the internasals as long as that between the prefrontals or a little shorter; frontal nearly as long