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'''Subramanian Bhupathy''' (also spelled as '''Subramaniam Bhupathy''') (17 July 1962 [[Nayaganaipiriyal]], Tamil Nadu, India – 28 April 2014 [[Agastya Malai]] Hills, Kerala, India) was an Indian [[herpetologist]], [[wildlife biologist]] and [[researcher]]. He was a principal scientist at the [[Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History|Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History]] (SACON). He headed a three-year study on the patterns of distribution of selected faunal groups on the [[Agasthyamalai Hills|Agasthyamalai hills]]. He worked on [[lizard]]s, [[amphibian]]s and [[bird]]s and his contributions and works were more focused on [[reptile]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Janardhan |first1=Arun |title=The afterlife of Subramaniam Bhupathy |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Jzd8gtHKDP3sdKkKmJA7yI/The-afterlife-of-Subramaniam-Bhupathy.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=23 September 2017}}</ref> Dr Bhupathy was noted for work on pythons and python ecology in India<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dorcas |first1=Michael E. |last2=Willson |first2=John D. |title=Invasive Pythons in the United States: Ecology of an Introduced Predator |date=2011 |page=33 |publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]]}}</ref> and Indian [[turtle]]s and [[tortoise]]s.<ref name=tftsg/><br />
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He began his career in the mid-1980s when laboratories were not well-equipped. He held a [[PhD]] in [[zoology]] ([[ornithology]]) from [[University of Rajasthan]], Jaipur. At the age of 51, Bhupathy died after a fall while conducting [[herpetology]] field work near [[Agastya Mala|Agastya Mala hills]] on 28 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scientist falls to death at Agasthyamalai Hills |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140430/nation-current-affairs/article/scientist-falls-death-agasthyamalai-hills |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |date=30 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
* He was posthumously honored with the Turtle Conservation Appreciation Awards in 2015 by the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) and [[Species Survival Commission]] (SSC), for his contributions to the Conservation and Biology of Indian Chelonians.<ref name=tftsg>{{cite web |title=Posthumous Turtle Conservation Appreciation Awards |url=https://iucn-tftsg.org/posthumous-turtle-conservation-appreciation-awards/ |website=iucn-tftsg.org}}</ref><br />
* The species ''[[Nasikabatrachus bhupathi]]'', a frog discovered in 2017 in the [[Western Ghats]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bittel |first1=Jason |title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306141433/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2021 |publisher=[[National Geographic]] |date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leap to life |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2017/dec/09/leap-to-life-1721512.html |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=9 December 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Uropeltis bhupathyi]]'', a snake discovered in 2018 in [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamath |first1=Vignesh |title=The life that we discovered |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/life-we-discovered-711434.html |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jigu |title=Scientists discover a new species of shieldtail snake in the Western Ghats |url=https://researchmatters.in/news/scientists-discover-new-species-shieldtail-snake-western-ghats |date=11 May 2018}}</ref> were named in his honor.<br />
*Bufoides Bhupathyi, a toad species found in Dampa Tiger reserve is also named after him.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.currentscience.ac.in/show.author.php?id=4744 Articles written by Bhupathy Subramanian] at ''[[Current Science]]''<br />
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