author(s)
Shwetadri Bhandari, Writuparna Dutta, Aishee Bhowal, Sandeepa Chowdhury, Prakash Tailor Lohawat, Aurobindo Samal and Puja Ray

abstract
Monitoring of regional species diversity enables estimation of the health of an ecosystem and the functional role of each species. It can be a useful tool to frame recommendations to reduce human mediated environmental degradation. Recently we have been monitoring and recusing snake species from various urban-rural gradient ecosystems using citizen science programmes. The present paper reports a new distribution record and rescue of Glossy Belied Racer, Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834) from a human habituation in Phalodi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Such reports helps supplement the necessary information on conservation management of habitat and the biodiversity as a whole.