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Shekar Dattatri is an Indian herpetologist and wildlife filmmaker from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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

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

References

  1. PPeeyus pradhan (2017-03-12). "For many, wildlife photography is a quest for trophies, not conservation: Shekar Dattatri, Wildlife Film-maker". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. PUBLISHED November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25). "Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation". News.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Shoba Narayan. "The filmmaker and the entrepreneur: Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan". Livemint. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. "Work for the joy of it: Shekar Dattatri". The Hindu. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
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