Nitya Prakash Mohanty is a herpetologist who has spent the last decade studying frogs and lizards, asking interesting questions about their patterns of invasion and sleep! He began his foray into wildlife with a master’s from the Wildlife Institute of India, wherein he studied spotted deer and frogs in the Andaman Islands. After a PhD and a postdoc in South Africa, Nitya is currently doing more post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

Twitter: @NityaPM

The new study that we chatted about in this episode: Urban lizards use sleep sites that mirror the structural, thermal, and light properties of natural sites

To listen to our longer conversation from Season-1, head over to these links on Spotify / Google Podcasts!