World Photography Day: The keen eye

Arvind Ramamurthy, senior chief engineer of Samsung spends nearly all his weekends in the Western Ghats, photographing frogs, snakes, lizards, and other smaller life forms. This is part two of a series of photo essays clicked by avid photographers who have a day corporate job
Curated By: Mexy Xavier
Published: Aug 19, 2021
11. RoadsofAmboli_MalabarPitViper

Image by : Arvind Ramamurthy

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  • World Photography Day: The keen eye
  • 2. FanThroatedLizard
  • 3. WesternTreeFrog_Agumbe
  • 4. MalabarGlidingFrogSleeping_Amboli
  • 5. IndiranaSpecies_Agumbe
  • 6. MalabarGlidingFrog_Amboli
  • 7. TreeFrog_Amboli
  • 8. Arvind_Ramamurthy_Wildlife-6998
  • 9. LargeEyedBronzeback_Agumbe
  • 10. MalabarPitViper_Amboli
  • 11. RoadsofAmboli_MalabarPitViper
  • 12. GreenVineSnake_Agumbe

Species: Malabar Pit Viper

Location: Amboli, Maharashtra

Amboli is bustling with snake activity in the monsoons and it is one of my favorite haunts. The locals here mean no harm to these snakes and it is beautiful to see such biodiverse wildlife co-exist with humans. The Malabar Pit vipers coil up at a vantage point and remain there for weeks at end, waiting for the unsuspecting frog to come by.