Among snakes are the beaked worm snake ("Grypotyphlops acutus"), the endemic shield-tailed snakes like "Uropeltis ellioti", "Uropeltis shorttii", the recently described "Rhinophis goweri", the endangered Indian rock python ("Python molurus"), Forsten's cat snake ("Boiga forsteni"), yellow-green cat snake ("Boiga flaviviridis"), Srilankan flying snake ("Chrysopelea taprobanica"), Nagarjun Sagar racer ("Coluber bholanathi"), green keelback ("Rhabdophis plumbicolor"), Duméril's black-headed snake ("Sibynophis subpunctatus"), Indian reed snake ("Liopeltis calamaria"). Apart from the Big Four Indian venomous snakes, endemic ones like the Beddome's coral snake "(Calliophis beddomei)" and the Indian green Bamboo pit viper ("Trimeresurus gramineus") and the rare King cobra "(Ophiophagus hannah)" and the Banded krait "(Bungarus fasciatus)" are also known from parts of this region.