A recent global review found that more than 20% of reptile species were in decline and at risk of extinction. This is similar to the percentage of threatened mammals, amphibians and birds.
Since Monday's accident, angry residents have blocked roads leading to the town's National Guard post with burning tyres, as young men clashed repeatedly with security forces.
In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal trample incidents each year.