Digitaria species- Chandagal, Mysore, Karnataka

Vernacular: Hanchina kaddi
Chandagal, Mysore
16 May 2010

the plant looks like Digitaria sp – a wild guess, but the snake is Checkered keelback


Please check Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler !


It’s Digitaria bicornis.

Common type


Digitaria – probably D.microbachne or D.ciliaris – need to see close up of upper glumes for species confirmation