Darren W. Pietersen

Darren W. Pietersen is a herpetologist specializing in African reptiles and amphibians. He is the director of research at the Tikki Hywood Foundation, a non-profit conservation organisation; a research associate in the Department of Zoology at the University of Pretoria; and a contributor to several regional and global IUCN Red List Assessments on reptiles. He holds a PhD from the University of Pretoria and has authored or co-authored around 30 scientific publications on reptiles.