Nicole Viloteau

Nicole Viloteau, explorer and photographer, has been uncovering the secrets of the world's remaining jungles for many years. She tamed her first lizard at the age of eight, and has gone on to become an internationally respected herpetologist, devoting her life to the study of reptiles in their natural habitat: from king snakes in the deserts of Northern Australia and vipers in the jungles of Gabon and Madagascar, to the giant dragons of Komodo. It is a passion that has nearly cost her her life...See more

Nicole Viloteau, explorer and photographer, has been uncovering the secrets of the world's remaining jungles for many years. She tamed her first lizard at the age of eight, and has gone on to become an internationally respected herpetologist, devoting her life to the study of reptiles in their natural habitat: from king snakes in the deserts of Northern Australia and vipers in the jungles of Gabon and Madagascar, to the giant dragons of Komodo. It is a passion that has nearly cost her her life on several occasions: she has been bitten on the lip by a rattlesnake and in the thigh by an angry mamba, gored by a buffalo, wounded by poachers, and has survived tropical diseases such as malaria. Yet she returns to the wildest places on earth again and again, fired by her desire to learn more about these creatures that inspire such primal fear and loathing. Nicole Viloteau studied Fine Art in Paris and took up photography at the age of twenty. The camera has become an indispensable tool in her research and in her crusade to publicize the plight of the world's few remaining true wildernesses. Featuring reptiles, but also other flora and fauna of the tropics, "Secret Jungle" is both a showcase for her stunning photographs and a plea for the defense of the rainforest. The author has published several bestselling books in her native France. This is her first work available in English. See less