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Bandara SK, Ganesh S, Kanishka AS, Danushka AD, Sharma VR, Campbell PD, Ineich I, Vogel G, Amarasinghe AT. Taxonomic Composition of the Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802) Species Complex (Squamata: Colubridae) with the Description of a New Species from India. HERPETOLOGICA 2022. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-21-00026.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sanjaya K. Bandara
- Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society, No. 146, Kendalanda, Homagama 10200, Sri Lanka
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- Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society, No. 146, Kendalanda, Homagama 10200, Sri Lanka
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- Taprobanica Nature Conservation Society, No. 146, Kendalanda, Homagama 10200, Sri Lanka
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- 393, Sanjeevni Nagar, Jabalpur 482003, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université des Antilles, CNRS, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Im Sand 3, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia
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Karthik P. Correction to Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON). JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7742.14.2.20695-20697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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S.R. Chandramouli, R.S. Naveen, S. Sureshmarimuthu, S. Babu, P.V. Karunakaran, Honnavalli N. Kumara. Reply to the “Correction to Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)” by P. Karthik. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7899.14.2.20698-20700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Amarasinghe AT, Ganesh S, Mirza ZA, Campbell PD, Pauwels OS, Schweiger S, Kupfer A, Patel H, Karunarathna S, Deuti K, Ineich I, Hallermann J, Abinawanto A, Supriatna J. The delusion of stripes: A century-old mystery of five-lined sun skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India elucidated. ZOOL ANZ 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chandramouli S, R.S. Naveen, S. Sureshmarimuthu, S. Babu, P.V. Karunakaran, Honnavalli N. Kumara. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2021. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7318.13.11.19603-19610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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We present a catalogue of herpetological specimens collected from select community reserves of Meghalaya, northeastern India. The collection comprises a total of 75 species of the herpetofauna, including 29 species of amphibians from 20 genera in seven families and 46 species of reptiles from 30 genera, in 10 families. We provide the details on number of examples, sex, museum numbers, and collection details including location and collector along with the relevant remarks where applicable. A total of five species of amphibians and four species of reptiles remain to be resolved systematically since no precise name could be attributed to them.
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Nameer P, M.S. Syamili, A.F. Katakath, U.S. Amal, M.S. Abhin, A. Devarajan, S. Sajitha, T. Arun, J. Jobin. Database of amphibian vouchers and records available at the Kerala Agricultural University Natural History Museum in Thrissur and an updated checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2021. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.6671.13.10.19391-19430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The amphibian database of the Centre for Wildlife Studies of Kerala Agricultural University has the data that are either available as voucher specimens with the Kerala Agricultural University Natural History Museum (KAUNHM) or as photo vouchers and other opportunistic records from Kerala part of the southern Western Ghats between 2008 and 2020. This repository holds information on 91 species of amphibians belonging to 10 families, of which 87% are endemic to the Western Ghats and 34% are classified under the IUCN Red List threatened categories. This study highlights the significance of such digital databases that can serve as an immense source of regional biodiversity data, and therefore, biodiversity monitoring and conservation.
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Srinivasulu A, Srinivasulu B, Srinivasulu C. Ecological niche modelling for the conservation of endemic threatened squamates (lizards and snakes) in the Western Ghats. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Ganesh S, Rameshwaran M, A. Joseph N, M. Jerith A, K. Dutta S. Records of two toads Duttaphrynus scaber and D. stomaticus (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from southeastern India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2020. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.6110.12.10.16272-16278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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We document two toad species Duttaphrynus scaber and D. stomaticus from southeastern India, in the Coromandel Coastal Plains. Owing to incorrect data presented in previous reports denoting the occurrence of these toad species, their occurrence in the said region has remained obscure. Our results, presented here, on both the species are based on morphological data from 15 preserved voucher specimens and direct field observations made by the authors in situ. In this work, we report D. scaber from Chengelpet and D. stomaticus from Thoothukudi. We revisited these places after studying the labeled specimens in Chennai Snake Park Trust Museum, to confirm their occurrences in the respective region and provide natural history notes based on our field observations.
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