Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Three unusually coloured snakes, including two albino checkered keelbacks and an albino monocled cobra, have been rescued in Dhaka, Chattogram and Panchagarh in the span of eight days.

Their bodies appear yellowish, white or pale pink, drawing attention on social media.

Experts say the colour changes result from a lack of melanin, a pigment that gives skin, hair and eyes their colour.

The genetic condition does not affect whether a snake is venomous or non-venomous.

The unusual colouring, however, can make albino snakes easier prey in the wild.

On Oct 27, locals injured a snake with a spear in a pond in Haldiapukur in Moidandighi Union of Panchagarh's Boda Upazila.

A young man, identified only as Emon, rescued it an...