Shekar Dattatri is an Indian herpetologist and wildlife filmmaker from

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Career

Shekar Dattatri's lifelong fascination with wildlife began at the age of 14, when he joined the famous Madras Snake Park as a student-volunteer. This led to

nature photography Nature photography encompasses a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to place a stronger ...

and, subsequently, to filmmaking. He also was among the discoverers of the snake species ''

Oligodon nikhili ''Oligodon nikhili'', known commonly as Nikhil's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Palani Hills of southern India. Etymology Both the specific name, ''nikhili'', and the common name, Nikhi ...

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Publications

* Whitaker, Romulus; Dattatri, Shekar (1982). "A new species of ''Oligodon'' from the Palni Hills, South India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' 79 (3): 630-631).

Filmography

*'' The Truth About Tigers'' *A cooperative for Snake Catchers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dattatri, Shekar Living people Indian filmmakers Indian herpetologists Year of birth missing (living people)