How a four-year-old discovered a new snake species—Oligodon nikhili—in Kodaikanal; plus a guide to dealing with snakes…
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A Dispatch from the Western Ghats
Nikhil Whitaker
Nikhil Whitaker is curator at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology. He has studied environmental science and wildlife management at Charles Darwin University in Australia. An editor at journals including Tabrabonica, Journal of Contemporary Herpetology, and Herpetological Review, he is a member of the IUCN/SSC crocodile and freshwater turtle and tortoise specialist groups. A former resident of Kodai, he now lives in Chennai.