My fascination of the Islands began when I first read Romulus Whitaker's book, 'Common Indian Snakes, A Field Guide'. The checklist contained some amazing snake species with most of them being found in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. After meeting Rom & Harry Andrews, I was disheartened to know that they had with them photos of only about 4-5 species & that very little to no work had been done on Island snakes. Inspired by Rom to work in the Islands & guided by Ashok Captain in taxonomy, began my journey 13 years back. From working among thousands of mosquitoes to crawling in waist deep mangrove mudflats, the work continues, a long way from completion!