Sirsi: Uttara Kannadada Havugalu (Snakes of Uttara Kannada) will be released at a n event to be held at the Forest College in Sirsi on Monday. A symposium will also be held on the occasion. Tropical Rainforest Ecological Camp of Sirsi had conducted a study on snakes for six years and the team has brought out a book. They said there are about 300 snake species in the country, of which 64 are in U-K. As many as 10,000 copies of the book will be printed and distributed in villages, schools and colleges in the district, they added.