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Little File Snake: Facts, Range, Scales
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Little File Snake: Facts, Range, Scales
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about these non-venomous aquatic snakes
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Coexisting with Snakes in Goa – A Utopian Dream?
Conservation
Coexisting with Snakes in Goa – A Utopian Dream?
Shaleen Attre
Dhritiman Mukherjee
A concerted effort by individuals and NGOs over the last two decades has increased awareness about snakes in Goa, reducing the number of snakebites and human and snake mortality from encounters
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Shaleen Attre
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Conservation
Common Trinket Snake: Facts, Appearance, Habitat
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Common Trinket Snake: Facts, Appearance, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this non-venomous snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Russell's Viper: Facts, Colour, Venom
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Russell's Viper: Facts, Colour, Venom
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about India's deadliest snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Rough-scaled Sand Boa: Facts, Habitat, Threats
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Rough-scaled Sand Boa: Facts, Habitat, Threats
Anirudh Nair
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this non-venomous, burrowing thick-bodied snake
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Anirudh Nair
Diviya Mehra
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Saw-scaled Viper: Facts, Habitat, Venom
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Saw-scaled Viper: Facts, Habitat, Venom
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about the smallest of the big four venomous snakes in India
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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What Lies Beneath: Rough-scaled Sand Boa
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What Lies Beneath: Rough-scaled Sand Boa
Gerry Martin
Also called the common sand boa, these non-venomous burrowing snakes are built for life underground, from where they can easily ambush small-sized prey
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Gerry Martin
Species
Ornate Flying Snake: Facts, Range, Venom
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Ornate Flying Snake: Facts, Range, Venom
Anirudh Nair
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this snake capable of gliding flight
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Anirudh Nair
Diviya Mehra
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Playing Hide and Seek with the Saw-Scaled Viper in Goa
Species
Playing Hide and Seek with the Saw-Scaled Viper in Goa
Malavika Bhattacharya
In the laterite plateaus of the Western Ghats, one of India’s most venomous snakes, the saw-scaled viper, finds a safe habitat
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Malavika Bhattacharya
Species
Trinket Snakes and Their Treasured Personal Space
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Trinket Snakes and Their Treasured Personal Space
Gerry Martin
Though these nocturnal beauties are non-venomous, when threatened, they may rise menacingly and strike
By
Gerry Martin
Species
Pit Vipers of Northeast India
Photo Story
Pit Vipers of Northeast India
Gerry Martin
Of all the incredible reptiles found in Arunachal Pradesh’s Talle Wildlife Sanctuary, pit vipers are some of the most intriguing
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Gerry Martin
Photo Story
Indian Rat Snake: Facts, Diet, Habitat
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Indian Rat Snake: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this non-venomous, fast-moving snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Spectacled Cobra: Facts, Diet, Threats
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Spectacled Cobra: Facts, Diet, Threats
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about the most venerated snake in the world
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Yellow-lipped Sea Krait: Facts, Diet, Habitat
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Yellow-lipped Sea Krait: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Diviya Mehra
Nisarg Prakash
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Diviya Mehra
Nisarg Prakash
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Common Krait: Facts, Venom, Habitat
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Common Krait: Facts, Venom, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this venomous, nocturnal snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Friends or Foes: Kraits of India
Multimedia
Friends or Foes: Kraits of India
Sustain Team
Kraits remain somewhat of an enigma. Here's a peek into their world.
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Sustain Team
Multimedia
Vine Snakes: Facts, Habitat, Threats
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Vine Snakes: Facts, Habitat, Threats
Diviya Mehra
Nisarg Prakash
All you need to know about these slender serpents
By
Diviya Mehra
Nisarg Prakash
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Hump-nosed Pit Viper: Facts, Habitat, Venom
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Hump-nosed Pit Viper: Facts, Habitat, Venom
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this nocturnal, venomous snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Little File Snake: The Silent Predator
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Little File Snake: The Silent Predator
Gerry Martin
Harmless to humans but often mistaken for a venomous sea snake, the little file snake lives mostly in brackish mangrove swamps though it sometimes wanders out to open sea as well
By
Gerry Martin
Species
Shot of Poison: Kraits of India
Photo Story
Shot of Poison: Kraits of India
Dr Seshadri KS
No other snake, except the king cobra, evokes as strong a sense of fear as the medically important krait does
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Dr Seshadri KS
Photo Story
Wildlife Puzzle: Green Pit Viper
Interactive
Wildlife Puzzle: Green Pit Viper
Sustain Team
Put together this jigsaw to see a fascinating pit viper in the Sundarbans
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Sustain Team
Interactive
King Cobra: The Ruling Serpent of Fields and Forests
Video
King Cobra: The Ruling Serpent of Fields and Forests
Sustain Team
The longest of all venomous snakes in the world is also very shy, unless it’s time to hunt
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Sustain Team
Video
The Land of Naga Bana
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The Land of Naga Bana
Sustain Team
Herpetologist Gowri Shankar, who has spent a lifetime studying and protecting the king cobra, demystifies the remarkable relationship between serpent and human
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Sustain Team
Video
Indian Rock Python: Facts, Diet, Habitat
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Indian Rock Python: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about peninsular India's largest constrictor snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
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Indian Rock Python: Of Legends and Leather Bags
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Indian Rock Python: Of Legends and Leather Bags
Gerry Martin
Though the law gives it the highest level of protection, stigma and fear continue to threaten the survival of this species
By
Gerry Martin
Species
Common Venomous Reef Creatures of the Shallow Seas
Photo Story
Common Venomous Reef Creatures of the Shallow Seas
Vardhan Patankar
Among the multitude of fish on reefs are a vast array of venomous stingers. Though most use their poison in self-defence and to hunt, they will also strike at perceived threats
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Vardhan Patankar
Photo Story
Studying Snakes through Radio Telemetry
Wild Vault
Studying Snakes through Radio Telemetry
Arathi Menon
Emerging as an easier and more precise way to track and study snakes than traditional observation methods
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Arathi Menon
Wild Vault
Spectacled Cobra: An Unwilling Icon
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Spectacled Cobra: An Unwilling Icon
Gerry Martin
Though worshipped, venerated, vilified, adored, and feared, this snake isn’t quite understood
By
Gerry Martin
Species
A Dog-Faced Water Snake’s Murky Life
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A Dog-Faced Water Snake’s Murky Life
Sustain Team
Is it a dog? Is it a snake? Meet the dog-faced water snake. This unique snake gets its name from its compressed snout, which helps it survive in slush and salt. Watch this film of the nocturnal wanderer of the mangroves
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Sustain Team
Video
Indian Rat Snake: Nature’s Own Pest Control
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Indian Rat Snake: Nature’s Own Pest Control
Gerry Martin
An active, adaptable predator that keeps a check on many of the pests that thrive around us, this common snake also becomes prey for cobras, mongooses and raptors
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Gerry Martin
Species
When the King Doesn’t Strike
Book
When the King Doesn’t Strike
Neha Sinha
Capable of immense restraint, the world's longest venomous snake is way more intelligent than we think
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Neha Sinha
Book
Dog-faced water snake: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Infographic
Dog-faced water snake: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this mangrove specialist
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Checkered Keelback: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Infographic
Checkered Keelback: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this freshwater snake
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
At Home with Herps: Living with Reptiles
Urban Jungle
At Home with Herps: Living with Reptiles
Gerry Martin
How a herpetologist fell in love with the natural world by observing snakes, lizards, frogs and other reptiles around his home
By
Gerry Martin
Urban Jungle
Snakes Can Be Friends Too
Book
Snakes Can Be Friends Too
Rohan Chakravarty
Wildlife cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty collaborates with the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust for a book that asks children to make friends with snakes, but from a safe distance
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Rohan Chakravarty
Book
The Wild Stars of South India
Book
The Wild Stars of South India
Surya Ramachandran
David Raju
A smattering of creatures large and small that make an appearance in the latest field guide by the authors
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Surya Ramachandran
David Raju
Book
Eel Hunter: The Amphibious Life of Sea Kraits
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Eel Hunter: The Amphibious Life of Sea Kraits
Chetana Babburjung Purushotham
With a specialised taste for eels, these venomous sea snakes hold their breath underwater for up to thirty minutes when on their perpetual hunting excursions
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Chetana Babburjung Purushotham
Species
Hump-nosed Pit Viper: Gem on the Forest Floor
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Hump-nosed Pit Viper: Gem on the Forest Floor
Nirmal Kulkarni
Deep in the forests of the northern Western Ghats, Castle Rock is a hotspot for reptiles and amphibians, and the perfect location to find and study this elusive nocturnal pit viper
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Nirmal Kulkarni
Species
Romulus Whitaker: A Life Less Ordinary
Video
Romulus Whitaker: A Life Less Ordinary
Sustain Team
He’s hugged crocodiles, rescued snakes, and even snuck two king cobras on a long-distance train. Watch Roundglass Sustain Editor-in-Chief Megha Moorthy interview the Snake Man of India
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Sustain Team
Video
Hiss and Tell: The Dank, Slippery World of Water Snakes in India
Photo Story
Hiss and Tell: The Dank, Slippery World of Water Snakes in India
Sustain Team
Found in a variety of waterbodies, from streams and swamps to water-logged agricultural fields and the intertidal zone, aquatic snakes have a great affinity for water
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Sustain Team
Photo Story
Spot-tailed Pit Viper: The Covert Operator of Coringa
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Spot-tailed Pit Viper: The Covert Operator of Coringa
Pooja Gupta
Behind the opaque mangrove curtain of Coringa, a covert operator waits, silently for days on end, for unsuspecting prey to show up. Meet the mangrove forest's ambush predator — the spot-tailed pit viper
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Pooja Gupta
Video
Evolutionary Anomalies: Killing and Eating Your Kind
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Evolutionary Anomalies: Killing and Eating Your Kind
Janaki Lenin
When king cobras eat other king cobras — strange stories of animal cannibalism
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Janaki Lenin
Column
Urban Ecosystems: Snakes and the City
Urban Jungle
Urban Ecosystems: Snakes and the City
Arjun Kamdar
Unbeknown to most of us, snakes are often permanent residents of urban environments. We have to find the happy balance of human-snake coexistence
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Arjun Kamdar
Urban Jungle
The Indian Egg Eating Snake Orders Food
Green Humour
The Indian Egg Eating Snake Orders Food
Rohan Chakravarty
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment, and conservation
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Rohan Chakravarty
Green Humour
Anamalai Wood Snake: New Species Found in the Western Ghats
News
Anamalai Wood Snake: New Species Found in the Western Ghats
Aathira Perinchery
Scientists had previously noted slight differences in the Perroteti’s wood snake found in the northern and southern hill ranges of the Western Ghats, but further analyses reveal that specimens collected from the Anamalai hills, in the southern ranges, are a new species altogether
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Aathira Perinchery
News
The Dark Knight: Enigma of the Common Krait
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The Dark Knight: Enigma of the Common Krait
Gerry Martin
Its reputation is deadly, but how does the common krait take your breath away?
By
Gerry Martin
Species
Dog-faced Water Snake: Sludge and Salt in the Intertidal Zone
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Dog-faced Water Snake: Sludge and Salt in the Intertidal Zone
Gerry Martin
With their home in coastal mangroves, South Asian bokadams have adapted to sidewinding their way through the murk and slush of their watery habitat
By
Gerry Martin
Species
I Want It All: The Checkered Keelback’s Game Plan
Species
I Want It All: The Checkered Keelback’s Game Plan
Gerry Martin
This semi-aquatic snake is ready to pounce on almost anything, even creatures it can’t really hope to swallow
By
Gerry Martin
Species
Marina Juliet: A Conservationist in the Making
Hero
Marina Juliet: A Conservationist in the Making
Anadya Singh
Marina Juliet defies gender stereotypes as she trains to become a grassroots conservationist in rural Karnataka
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Anadya Singh
Hero
Clash of the Titans: When the King Cobra Meets a Rock Python
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Clash of the Titans: When the King Cobra Meets a Rock Python
Dr Seshadri KS
In the world of reptiles, boundaries between predator and prey are sometimes blurred
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Dr Seshadri KS
Species
Petite but Deadly: Secrets of the Saw-scaled Viper
Species
Petite but Deadly: Secrets of the Saw-scaled Viper
Gerry Martin
A relatively tiny snake with extremely potent venom and the ability to make loud, raspy warning sounds, make this one of the most enigmatic of the big four dangerous snakes of India
By
Gerry Martin
Species
The Skin of Many Colours: Morphs of the Malabar Pit Viper
Photo Story
The Skin of Many Colours: Morphs of the Malabar Pit Viper
Sustain Team
Why it’s not easy to identify this snake species and the mystery of its diverse and changing colours
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Sustain Team
Photo Story
Russell’s Vipers: Predators of the Undergrowth
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Russell’s Vipers: Predators of the Undergrowth
Gerry Martin
A radio telemetric study explores the life and behaviour of this elusive, cryptic and hugely misunderstood snake
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Gerry Martin
Species
Malabar Pit Viper: Facts, Venom, Size
Infographic
Malabar Pit Viper: Facts, Venom, Size
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this stealthy, silent predator of the night
By
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Silent Knight: How the Malabar Pit Viper Hunts in the Dark
Video
Silent Knight: How the Malabar Pit Viper Hunts in the Dark
Sustain Team
The Malabar pit viper is a study in stillness. It remains motionless, waiting for its prey for hours, even days. But when the time is right, it strikes with lightning speed
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Sustain Team
Video
Wardens of Venom: The Exquisite Vipers of South India
Photo Story
Wardens of Venom: The Exquisite Vipers of South India
Sustain Team
Tipping the scales in favour of some of India’s most misunderstood reptiles
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Sustain Team
Photo Story
King Cobra: Facts, Venom, Habitat
Infographic
King Cobra: Facts, Venom, Habitat
Abhishek Gulshan
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about the world's longest venomous snake
By
Abhishek Gulshan
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Leaf Masquerade of the Vine Snake
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Leaf Masquerade of the Vine Snake
Anirudh Nair
In the jungles of Agumbe long-held myths about the vine snake slither into the underbrush
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Anirudh Nair
Species
A New Vine Snake Called Proahaetulla Slithers Into View
News
A New Vine Snake Called Proahaetulla Slithers Into View
Deepa Padmanaban
In the Agasthyamalai Hills in the southern Western Ghats scientists confirm the discovery of an ancient species of vine snake
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Deepa Padmanaban
News
Anatomy of a King Cobra Rescue in Agumbe
Wild Vault
Anatomy of a King Cobra Rescue in Agumbe
Nisarg Prakash
Witnessing a kalinga snake being rescued, it becomes apparent that communication and cooperation are essential to conservation
By
Nisarg Prakash
Wild Vault
King Cobra: The World’s Longest Venomous Snake
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King Cobra: The World’s Longest Venomous Snake
Gowri Shankar
Sharmila Shankar
How does the cannibalistic, snake-eating king cobra manage to multiply and survive?
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Gowri Shankar
Sharmila Shankar
Species
Malabar Pit Viper: Ambush in the Well of Life and Death
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Malabar Pit Viper: Ambush in the Well of Life and Death
Anirudh Nair
Occurring in an array of different colours, the nocturnal Malabar pit viper is a keen hunter that is endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats
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Anirudh Nair
Species
Secret Serpent: The Life and Times of the Malabar Pit Viper
Conservation
Secret Serpent: The Life and Times of the Malabar Pit Viper
Gerry Martin
Though it is the most common and widespread of pit vipers in south India, the Malabar pit viper is only seen in the wet season, disappearing mysteriously in dry weather
By
Gerry Martin
Conservation
Gowri Shankar: Snake Man Under the Spell of the King Cobra
Hero
Gowri Shankar: Snake Man Under the Spell of the King Cobra
Anirudh Nair
In the heart of the rainforests of Agumbe there’s a man on a mission — to share his knowledge of the wild with students, and contribute to the preservation of reptiles
By
Anirudh Nair
Hero
The Snake and I: Decoding the Work of Gerry Martin
Hero
The Snake and I: Decoding the Work of Gerry Martin
Purva Variyar
Addressing snake-human conflict is just one aspect of herpetologist Gerry Martin’s goal of making conservation a way of life
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Purva Variyar
Hero