Hiral Naik

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PhD candidate in the Alexander Herp Lab focusing on the behavioural ecology of venomous snakes and assessing snakebite in South Africa. I also work as the Africa programme manager for Save The Snakes and run a snake education and outreach programme in Limpopo.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Africa Program Manager, Save The Snakes

Education

  • 2017 
    University of Witwatersrand, MSc Ecology, Environment and Conservation (distinction)

Publications

  • 2023
    Body size predicts prey preference but not diet breadth in pythons, Journal of Zoology
  • 2021
    Ancestral reconstruction of diet and fang condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the evolution of venom systems in snakes, Journal of Herpetology
  • 2021
    Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base, Toxicon

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Role:
    Research
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Herpetological Association of Africa

Contact Hiral for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision