Snake rescues in Telangana have increased five-fold from 3,097 in 2016 to 15,265 in 2025. Friends of Snake Society, working with the State Forest department, carried out these rescues. Venomous snakes made up 55.61% of last year's rescues. This rise is linked to more construction and development around city edges. Hotspots include Miyapur, Dammaiguda, Nagaram, Rampally, Manikonda, Bandalguda Jagir, Vanasthalipuram, and Balapur. Nearly half of the rescues were inside Outer Ring Road. Of all snakes rescued, 49.3% were Spectacled Cobras. Rat Snakes made up 23.5%, Checkered Keelbacks 7.8%, and Russell's Vipers 5.9%. Avinash Visvanathan, general secretary of Friends of Snake Society (FoSS), said, "The dominance of venomous snakes in the composition has key implications on public safety and calls for the need for trained interventions in snake rescues." Trained society members released these snakes into suitable habitats. Venomous snakes are adapting well to urban areas that offer food, shelter, and water. Non-venomous snakes, though fewer, still thrive in diverse city microhabitats. Avinash noted, "Their displacement into human spaces signals increasing habitat compression and loss of ecological buffers." Rescue hotspots match areas of fast residential and infrastructure growth. "Habitat fragmentation, loss of shelter, and disrupted movement paths are likely driving higher encounters," Avinash said. Awareness about snakes and rescue teams also helped increase rescue numbers. Though this adds pressure, it helps target solutions like community outreach, better waste and rodent control, and quick rescue responses. FoSS recommends moving from reactive rescue to preventive planning. Avinash said, "Integration of the data into urban planning, infrastructure development, waste and rodent management, and green-space design can help reduce conflict at its source." Protecting natural corridors and early resource deployment during high-risk seasons are crucial. The FoSS helpline is 8374233366. Snake rescue peaks from June to September during monsoon, stays high in October-November, drops in December, is moderate January to March, then rises again in April-May.