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Snake species in Nepal
Save The Lives Society (Save The Lives)
Save The Lives is a non-governmental and non-profit research institution that promotes biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It is legally registered in Nepal at District Administration Office of Kathmandu and affiliated with the Social Welfare Council. Save The Lives is dedicated exclusively to human-snake conflict mitigations and snake conservation as well as overall biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Together with our nationwide network of conservationists, our mission is to save the lives of humans and snakes throughout the nation via research and education. Currently, we are primarily focusing on research and education regarding snakes, human-snake conflict mitigations, snake conservation and snakebite management in Nepal because our team members have decades of experiences with the expertise on snakes and snakebites. It is a group of young, enthusiastic and dedicated snake conservationists and snakebite expert’s from Nepal. The team members have conducted numerous programs in collaboration with national and international conservation partners/supporters. Till date our team has conducted more than hundred outreach and awareness programs, capacity building training, workshops and interaction programs in various districts of Nepal. Our major programs are “Nepal Snake Festival” (NSFest), “Snake Handling Training”, “Theatre in Education”, “Educational Documentaries”, “Human-Snake Co-existence”, “Save The King”, “Rescue and Relocation” etc.
Social Welfare Council (Aff. No.: 56591)
Nepal has a rich but understudied snake fauna.
Snake species in Nepal
Venomous Snakes
Known to be Medically Important
Districts high risk to venomous snakebite
Affected by snakebite, Annually
Annual Death Related to Snakes Bites
Saving Snakes and Humans in Nepal: Nepal has a rich but understudied snake fauna. Different authors list up to 90 snake species from Nepal including up to 21 venomous ones among that 18 species are known to be medically important. These are broadly distributed in the lowlands to high mountains in Nepal. Snakebite is one of the common life-threatening public health problems in Nepal. About 26 districts of the tropical lowland are at high risk to venomous snakebite affecting around 20,000 people causing 1,000 deaths per annum in Nepal (WHO 1987). Recent study (Alcoba 2022) estimated around 40,000 people are affected by snakebite causing around 3,000 deaths annually in Nepal. Most of the people dislike, fear and want to kill any snakes they encounter. There is information gap and inadequate awareness among local people. Save The Lives aims to address this information and awareness gap on snakes, snakebite mitigations and snake conservation at national levels through research, conservation education and community outreach to create harmonious relationship between humans and snakes which will have a direct beneficial impact on snake species in the country. We create conducive working environment among local people to save the lives of humans as well as snakes which may play a vital role in biodiversity conservation.
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