29th April 2023 | 9 AM to 5 PM
For 10- 14 yrs
How much do you know about snakes, crocodilians, lizards, and turtles ?
With over 10,000 species and 2700 subspecies, reptiles are the second largest group of vertebrates in the world.
What kind of habitats do they live in?
What is their life cycle like?
What do they prey upon? What techniques do they use?
How do they avoid being predated?
What kind of research is underway?
Do these questions intrigue you?
If yes, then STORM Junior is for you.
At this workshop, you will get a strong foundation on reptiles through theory sessions, activities, herp walks, and herp talks.
Grasp the basics and dive deep into the life of reptiles.
Understand the science behind why reptiles do what they do?
Tread into the world of herp research on snakes, turtles, crocodiles and lizards
Interact with researchers to find out why and how to study reptiles
ELIGIBILITY
For 10- 14 yrs
VENUE
A Rocha Field Study Centre,
#13, Kasserguppe Village, ,
Bannerghatta (Post),
Anekal (Taluk),
Bangalore South-560083.
https://www.arocha.in/
DETAILS
Date: 29th April 2023
9 AM to 5 PM
Batch size : 20
FEE
Rs. 2950/-
Includes: Lunch, beverages, snacks, program charges.
Excludes: Transport to the venue and personal expenses
Priyanka Swamy
PhD Student, University of Mysore
Priyanka has diverse experience across the ecological fields and laboratory work. As part of the Phylogeography of king cobras project, she has travelled to king cobra habitats across the world and has experience with phylogenetic and population genetics tools to understand evolutionary and biogeography patterns and assist conservation prioritisation. She has also addressed questions related to diversity patterns, population structure and drivers of diversification of the Ranids of the Western Ghats and other herpetofauna.
An excellent environment educator, she has co-conducted a wide range of outreach programs for diverse audiences from school and college students to forest officials, researchers, and enthusiasts.
She is now pursuing her PhD project on Malabar pit vipers which marks the beginning of a topic long-awaited to be explored.
Dr Gowri Shankar
Course Designer and Director
Herpetologist, TEDx Speaker, TEDFellow 2020
Gowri Shankar is a wildlife biologist working on king cobras for close to two decades.
He has been featured in several wildlife documentaries on channels like the BBC, Discovery, NatGeo Wild, Animal Planet, Smithsonian and National Geographic Channel.
He completed his PhD at North Orissa University and a former exchange student at Uppsala University, Sweden.
He was awarded the herpetologist of the year-2015 by the Swedish Herpetological Society.