Snakes of Goa and its other Reptiles and Amphibians

Parra 2024, geb., 291 Seiten, 195 Farbfotos. These pictures of the known and unknown snakes and reptiles of the beautiful, small state of Goa were leisurely shot over a decade by Rahul Alvares, Goa's well known snake-handler and wildlife photographer. Alvares was born while his parents lived out on a farm in Thane, near Valpoi, at the foot of the Western Ghats in eastern Goa. To the consternation of his mother, he was visited by a snake while sleeping in his cradle. His passion for wildlife took him to the Pune Snake Park and then to Romulus Whitaker's Crocodile Bank outside Chennai, where he got further opportunities to hone his snake handling skills with members of the Irula tribe. His first book, Free from School, which recorded this education, has been translated into Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian and Chinese.