This was a time in summer when I as usual was free and always ready to go herping. Diveghat is half an hour away from my house where before the dawn deer were spotted and every Sunday I rode there in the hope to see something new. That day I was lucky enough to encounter something.

So as usual I arrived at the place, saw some deer and started with my search for scorpions and saw-scaled vipers. The best part about herping in this place is that you don’t need to observe the bushes or enter in a dense forest, the only thing you need to do is check under small rocks by lifting them so this makes your herping a bit easier.

In the beginning I found a couple of scorpions and centipedes but I had a feeling that some bigger surprise is waiting for me. Within half an hour I encountered one of the bright spots of my herping, a healthy female saw-scaled viper with her six young ones. What a moment of happiness, can’t define that happiness in words. After seeing this family I was completely refreshed, the tiredness vanished within seconds. We clicked some beautiful pictures and left them. I wanted to take all of them home and nurture them but couldn’t do so because after all it was mother nature’s belonging.
Photo: riyaz khoja