The word Rain always brings joy and puts a smile on everyone’s face. For animals, it starts with the soil-dwelling bacteria that releases a sweet-smelling chemical that we relate to the smell of rain. The frogs and fishes wait in anticipation for the rains to begin their journey and move to richer grounds for mating…
Category Archives: Reptiles
The Indian Cobra and the Tasty Jungle-Fowl Eggs
Life is not easy, we work our way up every day to eat and put a shelter over our head. Can you imagine how hard it would be in a jungle? The Indian cobra after a long search in the grassland has found the scent of the jungle-fowl eggs and has gulped it all. The poor…
The Leech which rode the Malabar Pit Viper (Trimeresurus Malabaricus)
The sight of a Pit Viper moving actively on the ground caught my eyes. The Malabar Pit Viper (Trimeresurus Malabaricus) is an ambush hunter and I was surprised to see it on the ground foraging and hence I decided to follow it closely to see in which direction it is heading. The pit viper slowly…
A lesson learnt from the great Rhacophorus Malabaricus (Malabar Gliding Frog)
The stage had been already set by the Pit Viper in a small well where the Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) descends and call out to find his mate. The Pit Viper had taken his place on a stick lying inside the well, with which the female Malabar Gliding Frog descended to the calling males…