I read this book for the third time. I love to read books about wildlife and ecology. I read Theodore Baskaran, AJT John Singh, Davidar and Ullas Karanth. The difference here is the complete change in the kind of wildlife we read. Just like the great Romulus Whitaker, his wife Janaki Lenin also loves the amphibians and the reptiles. We hardly see people writing about frogs, shrews, Porcupines, crocs and lots and lots of snakes. What started as the Madras Crocodile Park’s newsletter changed to a newspaper article and took the avatar as one of the best books in India for lesser-known wildlife. I loved Romulus Whitaker’s இந்திய பாம்புகள். It is more of a field guide, and I refer at times. The pleasure of the text is such an important thing these days to get hooked into the book. This book is way up there as a page-turner. However, we encounter so many snakes and crocodiles that I often have to stop reading and browse to find the images and videos (e.g. Taipan, Mambas, moccasin, red snak...