Nepal Conservation and Research Center

Miami Herald writes about two new species @herpsNEPAL miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Our conservationists describe two new species to the science from Nepal.

During the monsoon, many herpetofauna are highly active and frequently fall victim to road kills on all types of roads. If safe and visible, let them cross. Photo: Yellow Monitor (protected under Nepal's Wildlife Act) by Rajan Chaudhary. @BishalN58025383 @herpsNEPAL

हाल फेडेरेसन् युनिभर्सिटीमा पिएचडी गरिरहेका अनुसन्धानकर्ता सन्तोष भट्टराईले नेपालका विभिन्न भूभागमा तीन नयाँ प्रजातिका छेपाराहरू भेटेका छन्। कुराकानी पोडकास्टमा सुन्नुहोस्ः bit.ly/3F69SWq #australia #nepali #gecko #research #podcast

These photos I took in Shuklaphanta National Park (c. 1996), the beginning of my PhD field years. This park was less known, a balanced ecosystem & full of surprises. One morning, I followed a call in distress & found a Chital grabbed by a python. The next day, it was all gone!

New Discovery in Nepal: Three new species of Lizards have been discovered in Gorkha, Kaski and Chitwan by a team of researchers of different countries including three researchers from Nepal and they are named scientifically as Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, Cyrtodactylus annapu

New Discovery in Nepal: Three new species of Lizards have been discovered in Gorkha, Kaski and Chitwan by a team of researchers of different countries including three researchers from Nepal and they are named scientifically as Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis and Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis respectively. 😮

A review of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (#Squamata: Gekkonidae) of #Nepal with descriptions of three #newspecies mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

Congratulations 🎊 to the selected candidate for M.Sc. thesis research grant announced in memory of late Dipendra Adhikari and managed by NCRC.

A new conservation poster on 'Tortoise and Turtles of Nepal' is out for outreach activities in Nepal. @herpsNEPAL @BishalN58025383 @katie_fund

Encounter with an Indian Bullfrog😃 in Lumbini, central lowlands, Nepal🇳🇵

Rescued a baby reptile lying upside down on a busy road and released in a wildlife friendly pond @lbgresort Today feels better than yesterday. Wishing all a fun-filled week🙏

Doctors at Dhulikhel hospital also found our poster "Venomous snakes of Nepal" useful to ID snakes. This could help doctors and related staff for awareness and enhance preparedness and deal with snakebite incidents.

World Lizard Day is observed on 14th August each year to celebrate and raise awareness about lizards and their ecological roles in the ecosytems.