Reptile Field Researchers South Asia - Zoo Outreach Organisation

Species/group of special Interest: Serpents/ crocodiliansProjects:1969 to present.Captive populations of reptiles maintained: Yes, Crocodilians - Ca. 3000, Lizards - 60,Snakes - 30, Turtles/ tortoises - 100Publications:A case of snakebite. New York Herp. Soc. Newsletter 6(2) 1966.Herp collection in Japan. New York Herp. Soc. Newsletter 7(2) 1967.Some notes on the habits of the Indian rat snake in a locality near Bombay J.Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc. 66(1) April 1969Abnormal colouration in the banded krait. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66(1) April 1969Snake collection data in an area near Bombay. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66(2) August1969The hatching of snake eggs. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66(2) August 1969The dog-faced water snake in Bombay area and notes on its habits. J.Bombay Nat. Hist.Soc. 66(2) August 1969Cobra and Indian monitor lizard in the same burrow. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66(3)December 1969Defanged cobras, how they survive. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66(3) December 1969Slight reaction from bites of the rear-fanged snakes Boiga ceylonensis and Dryophisnasutus. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67(1) April 1970Cannibalism in the Indian rat snake. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67(1) April 1970Notes on bites by the saw-scaled viper in the Deogad area of Ratnagirl District,.Maharashtra. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67(2) August 1970The catching of snakes. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(1) April 1971Notes on Indian snakes - 1. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(2) August 1972Albinism in snakes. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(2) August 1972Two-headed snake (Cerberus rhynchops). J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(2) August 1972Social behaviour in kraits. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(2) August 1972Cannibalism in baby Russell's viper. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 68(2) August 1972Pit viper (Trimeresurus macrolepis) bites at a south Indian tea estate. J.Bombay Nat. Hist.Soc. 70(1) April 1973Snakebite case histories. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 70(2) August 1973Climbing response of two snake species during rain (Echis carinatus and Vipera russellil).J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 70(2) August 1973Colour variation in Russell's viper. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 70(2) August 1973Cobra with kingfisher caught in throat. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(1) April 1974Feeding habits of the star tortoise. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(3) December 1974Echis collection in Ratnagiri District. J.Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(3) December 1974Gharial survey report (Whitaker et al). Publication of Madras Snake Park, 1974Notes on behaviour, ecology and present status of the marsh crocodile (C.palustris) in southIndia. Publication of Madras Snake Park, 1974The olive keelback (Atretium schistosum) feeding on mosquito larvae. J. Bombay Nat. Hist.Soc. 72(1) April 1975