An Assessment of Herpetofauna in Kakoi Reserve Forest of Lakhimpur District, Assam, India

This paper is an inventory of amphibians and reptiles occurring in Kakoi Reserve Forest of Lakhimpur District of Assam, North-east India and is based on the survey done in 2017–2018 (from the month of January 2017–January 2018). A total of 34 species of herpetofauna comprising of 12 species of amphibians and 22 species of reptiles have been recorded from the study area. All the recorded species of amphibians are of the order Anura and are composed of 4 families and 7 genera. Among reptiles, we recorded 4 families, 5 genera, and 9 species of lizards; 4 families, 10 genera, and 12 species of snakes, and a single species of turtle.