Members of the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation have rescued a kalnagini snake from a house in the staff quarters of the upazila health complex hospital in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar. The snake is non-venomous, the report says.

The snake was rescued unharmed from the home of Srabon Pal in the Sreemangal government hospital staff quarters at around 8:30pm on Monday, 6 April.

Members of the family spotted the snake in the house and called the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation. Its members came to the scene, rescued the snake unharmed and handed it over to the forest department.

Confirming the matter, Mohammad Nazmul Haque, Moulvibazar range officer of the Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division, said the rescued kalnagini was non-venomous.

The same report also describes the kalnagini as a mildly venomous snake found in South and South-East Asia. Although folk tales and films portray it as terrifying and deadly, in reality it is not harmful to people, the report says.

These snakes are usually 2 to 4.5 feet long, with a greenish-yellow body marked by striking red and black bands. The report calls it weakly venomous and says it is not capable of harming people.

Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.