Study of aquatic flora of selected ponds of Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Abstract

The aquatic plants of three ponds located in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat were studied for a period of seven months. Altogether 24 genera of aquatic and marshy plants were identified in the present investigation. The physico-chemical characteristics of pond water to be altered due to these aquatic plants.

Updated checklist of snakes with the first record of Spalerosophis arenarius in Gujarat and range extensions of five fpecies of snakes in the northern region of Gujarat, India

“…and bamboo patches. The sub biotic 4B4 contains arid lands (Mehsana and Patan) containing few riverine patches of forest, desert, and wetlands(Singh 2001;Dharaiya and Gajera 2008). The study area contains four protected habitats: the Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary, the Ambaji-Balaram Sanctuary in Banaskantha District, Polo Reserve Forest in Sabarkantha District, and Thol Bird Sanctuary in Mahesana District.…”