Herpers love to find tiny living gems like this Green Bush Frog. People who go looking for frogs and snakes (to admire and photograph) are called herpers. While some balk at going anywhere near these ...

The Raorchestes resplendens or the resplendent shrubfrog lives up to its name. An iridescent blob of colour amid foliage, it is a striking mix of orange and purplish-black. This critically endangered ...

Getting started -- Understanding herp behavior -- Finding herps -- Catching and handling herps -- Safety in the field -- Ethics and etiquette, rights and responsibilities -- Classification, taxonomy, ...

A few weeks ago, I was invited to spend a few days in the jungles with students attending the School of Herpetology. Herpetology is a branch of zoology that deals with the study of amphibians and ...

Growing up in Delhi, the National Zoological Park was the only possible place for a reptile enthusiast like me to go see snakes and other herps. But a visit to the zoo would have to be planned well in ...

KOCHI: A green little one with white underparts, distinctive yellow patches around its eyes and a pointed snout. Meet the Jayaram bush frog, an amphibian endemic to the Western Ghats, which was ...

This is for fans of herping and macro photography. Experience the wilds of the Western Ghats come to life this July-August, as Saurabh Sawant and his team takes you on a guided herping tour, combined ...