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Synopsis Snakes in India is a rare & comprehensive contribution on various dimensions of study on Indian snakes. It encompasses an up-to-date information on the subject contributed by various experts of India & abroad. The book contains the wealth of information on the popular fascinating knowledge about the Indian snakes : their ecology and clinical study. The available books on Indian snakes contain good accounts of their structure, identification as well as their ecological and economic importance. It is estimated that nearly 3000 people die of snakebite every year in India. this alarming number of recorded deaths which often go unrecorded in the remote areas of our country, is more than ten times larger than the fatalities due to human predation by wild carnivores in India. As a source of reference the book also contains several addresses of the resource persons, organisations and priodicals, as also an up-to-date bibliography comprising of over 650 references on various aspects of snakes of India. As a first seminal contribution on Indian snakes the present book has the following salient features: It puts together on one platform the review and research contributions of various experts on the subject. he presentation of the contents is simple and semi-technical language to make the subject matter easily understood. The addresses of the specialists, organisations and periodicals given in the directory section of the book have been given to enhance the interaction for all future researches on the subject and to create interest in the readers about snakes which have long remained as the most misunderstood creatures by man. Almost all published works on Indian snakes have been included in the section of bibliography. Besides ecological and conservation studies, the book also detailes clinical studies on the snakes of India. It includes guest articles from the world renowned international specialists from abroad, who have contributed enormously to recent advances on the different aspects of ecology and ecological studies on snakes related to Indian species.