Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary

28°00′N 81°12′E / 28.000°N 81.200°E / 28.000; 81.200Area400.6 square kilometres (99,000 acres)Established1975 (49 years ago) (1975)Governing bodyMinistry of Forest and Wildlife of Uttar Pradesh

The Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Upper Gangetic plain, near Bahraich city in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India and covers an area of 400.6 km² (154.7 sq mi) in the Terai of the Bahraich district. In 1987, it was brought under the purview of the Project Tiger, and together with the Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and the Dudhwa National Park it forms the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.^[1] It was established in 1975.^[2]

It is home to many endangered species. In 2012, a rare red coral kukri snake was sighted in the sanctuary.^[3] This snake with the scientific name Oligodon kheriensis was first described from the North Kheri Division in 1936.^[4]

References

^ Mathur, P. K. and N. Midha (2008). Mapping of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. WII – NNRMS - MoEF Project, Final Technical Report. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
^ Tripahti, K. P., Singh, B. (2009). Species diversity and vegetation structure across various strata in natural and plantation forests in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, North India. Tropical Ecology 50(1): 191–200.
^ "Rare Indian snake species discovered at Katarniaghat sanctuary". The Times of India. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
^ Green, M. (2010). Molecular Phylogeny of the Snake Genus Oligodon (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an Annotated Checklist and Key. M. Sc. thesis, University of Toronto.