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Two rock python hatchlings unveiled in Kolkata zoo
Kolkata, Jul 18 (IBNS): The Zoological garden in Alipore, Kolkata, unveiled two hatchling rock pythons on Saturday – World Snake Day.
Ashish Samanta, director of the zoo, said an Indian Rock Python had laid eggs in the zoo in April. But abandoned the eggs after a few days of incubating.
Six healthy eggs were rescued and artificially incubated. The incubation process was fraught with difficulty but the West Bengal Forest Department's efforts paid off as the first egg hatched on June 27 and the second one on June 29, according to reports.
Indian rock pythons, a Scheduled I protected species in India, is listed as a Not-Threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) but is listed under CITES as the species is threatened by habitat loss, and poaching for skin, meat and illegal pet trade.
Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
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