In what can be termed an important sighting, a photographer in Sindhudurg spotted a King cobra at the newly declared Tillari Conservation Reserve. The sighting is unusual, as this snake is usually seen in the southern Indian states. 

According to the forest department officials, the cobra was  captured on camera. A nature and wildlife lover, Shubham Dharne, took a video of the snake as it feasted on an Indian monitor lizard on the bank of the river. Herpetologist Dr Varad Giri from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) said, “In Maharashtra, the Tillari Conservation Reserve is the only forest where such a sighting has been reported. Its occurrence here reaffirms the recent decision of declaring this forest as a reserve.”