Scarce Bridle Snake (Dryocalamus gracilis) is a species of snake found in South India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In India, this species is known from the Anaimalai and Cuddapah Hills and Berhampur (Berhampore), Orissa (Sharma 2003). De Silva (1990) only states Jaffna as the known distribution of this species in Sri Lanka. Lastly, this species is known from False Island, off the Arakan coast of Myanmar. This species inhabits moist and dry forests. In Sri Lanka, its known habitat has been described as "monsoon scrub jungle". However, only two specimens have been reported in the last 120 years, the distribution may therefore have changed significantly since the original distribution was recorded. This species is also listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Scarce Bridle snake is s