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Rare' reptile found in Alipurduar drain [1]

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The pangolin rescued from Alipurduar last night. Picture by Anirban Choudhury
Alipurduar, July 24: A pangolin found in a drain here was rescued last night and later released in the forest. Foresters are wondering how the nocturnal reptile which is in the Schedule-1 category, reached Alipurduar town.

Pradeep Roy, a boy living in Ward 10 of the Alipurduar Municipality, was going home around 10.30 last night when he saw something moving in the roadside drain.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2008
Telegraph (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Endangered Species [3], Reptiles [4], West Bengal [5]
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