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Snakepedia: Kerala now has a mobile compendium of all facts on its snake varieties -Vishnu Varma

-The Indian Express

The application is the result of years of painstaking research and documentation by a diverse team of clinical doctors, scientists, photographers and wildlife enthusiasts settled in different corners of the globe on a purely voluntary basis.

Kochi: Did you know that the Malabar Pit Viper, a venomous snake found in evergreen, semi-evergreen hill forests and plantations in Kerala, can appear in almost 15 different colour morphs — from greenish to golden yellow to brown and golden brown hues? Or that, contrary to assumptions, there has not been a single recorded case of a snake bite casualty in Kerala from the King Cobra, the world’s longest venomous snake?

These, and many more, fascinating nuggets of information can be found in Snakepedia, an exhaustive mobile app dedicated to snakes in Kerala. The application is the result of years of painstaking research and documentation by a diverse team of clinical doctors, scientists, photographers and wildlife enthusiasts settled in different corners of the globe on a purely voluntary basis.

While there have been mobile apps in the past which have explored snake species in the state, Snakepedia is perhaps the most exhaustive and user-friendly platform, helping to coalesce not just basic information of snakes for the average layman, but also a wide range of details such as first aid for bite cases, contact numbers of rescuers and hospitals and breaking myths and superstitions around snakes. The app, promoted by the likes of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and state finance minister TM Thomas Isaac, has predictably racked up close to 25,000 downloads on PlayStore in just four days of its launch.

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