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Introduction
I am a Wildlife Biologist, I have a strong passion for wildlife conservation. Previously I was working on herpetofauna taxonomy and ecology. Currently working on the lesser known cave dwelling invertebrates and their ecology from the caves of Meghalaya. Using metabarcoding to understand the trophic level interactions among different cave adapted species and their dietary preferences.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
June 2018 - September 2020
September 2018 - November 2019
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
Position
- Field Assistant
Description
- I joined the Cauvery mugger telemetry project, as an intern. I interned for a year, noting the location and temperature, of five tagged mugger crocodiles in the Anakarai Dam. I also, photo-documented human-crocodile interaction at the study site. I was also involved with education programs presented to schools living nearby the Cauvery River, emphasizing how to live safely alongside an apex, ambush predator.
Education
June 2018 - March 2020
June 2013 - March 2016
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Publications (5)
A new species of the uropeltid (‘shieldtail’) snake genus Uropeltis is described based on eight specimens from the southern part
of peninsular India’s Western Ghats. Uropeltis caudomaculata sp. nov. is phenotypically and genetically most similar to U.
pulneyensis (Beddome, 1863), but differs primarily in having more ventral scales and in being rest...
We report Bungarus suzhenae Chen, Shi, Vogel, Ding & Shi, 2021 and Ovophis zayuensis (Jiang, 1977) for the first time from India. Specimens of B. suzhenae and O. zayuensis were collected during our field surveys in north (Arunachal Pradesh) and south (Nagaland-Manipur border) of the river Brahmaputra. Species identity was supported by partial cytoc...
Nilssonia leithii is an endemic species of softshell turtle from peninsular India, and though it has a widespread distribution, it is often difficult to spot. We are reporting two new records of Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) from the Kaveri River in Tamil Nadu. These sightings have been made at a site 110 km upstream from the estuary...
