Journal of Threatened Taxa  

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National Biodiversity Authority  - Introduction

B. Dileepu Kumar, D. Sandhya Deepika, A.J Solomon Raju

Premna latifolia and Premna tomentosa shed their foliage during winter but produce foliage at different periods to avoid competition for nutrients, P. latifolia during the dry season while P. tomentosa during the wet season.  Flowering also occurs at... see more

Jigme Wangchuk, Kuenzang Dorji

Macro-invertebrates form an integral part of aquatic systems, and assessment of macro-invertebrate communities is one of the best ways to monitor the health of a stream.  Despite this, stream monitoring of macro-invertebrates has been extremely limit... see more

Anatoliy A. Khapugin

Knowledge on status of peripheral plant populations is important for understanding of species’ adaptation and evolution within their ranges.  There is a lack of data on the status of Silaum silaus (Apiaceae) populations at the periphery of its native... see more

David John Stanton, Michael Robertson Leven, Tommy Chung Hong Hui

Nanhaipotamon hongkongense (Shen, 1940) is a tropical freshwater crab currently considered endemic to Hong Kong.  The species is more widely distributed in Hong Kong than previously published photographic records from Guangdong Province require furth... see more

Madhumita Panigrahi, V. J. Jins

The present study focused on the status of birds in two wildlife sanctuaries, Neyyar and Peppara, located in Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala State, India.  A total of 197 bird species representing 16 orders and 57 families are reported from t... see more

Srinjana Ghosh, Tanmay Bhattacharya

This study documents a short-term post-winter survey of avifaunal diversity in Corbett National Park  and associated areas in Uttarakhand.  Qualitative and quantitative avian diversity patterns were assessed from a biomonitoring and conservation... see more

Prem K. Chettri, Bijoy Chhetri, Hemant K. Badola

Sikkim Himalaya, India is part of one of the richest global biodiversity hotspots, exhibiting a significant amount of native flora including Rhododendron (Ericaceae) species, which are particularly well represented with 37 species, 11 subspecies, seven va... see more

Narendra M. Naidu, Hemant V. Ghate

Cyrtonops punctipennis White, 1853 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is being reported from three different localities for the first time from Maharashtra, India.  The species has been described briefly with photographic illustrations showing important diag... see more

C. Sneha

The present study was made to assess the butterfly diversity of Peringome Vayakkara Panchayath located in the Western Ghats during 2012–13.  The area is almost fully inhabited by humans and is under rapid conversion.  A total of 108 species of b... see more

Chelmala Srinivasulu, Aditya Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Gareth Jones

The bamboo bats belonging to the genus Tylonycteris are unique due to their morphology and ecology, and are known from few locations in South Asia.  We collected voucher specimens of Tylonycteris malayana from North Andaman Island, which forms the ba... see more

E. R. Sreekumar, P. O. Nameer

The small carnivores of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary were surveyed using camera traps.  The study was conducted between November 2016 and February 2017 at 111 camera trap locations.  Twenty-five mammal species were recorded, including nine small c... see more

G. Anil, Navaneeth Kishor, Naseef Gafoor, Naseer Ommer, P. O. Nameer

We present herewith some natural history information such as social behavior, aggressive behavior, vocalization, food and feeing, basking and allo-grooming, time activity pattern etc. on the Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii, the endemic and threatened mus... see more

Krishna Chowlu, Jeewan Singh Jalal

Biermannia jainiana is an endemic orchid of Arunachal Pradesh reported from Sessa, West Kameng District in 2001.  This is the second record of this species from the same locality.  Hence the conservation status of the species has been assessed.&... see more

Darwin Dasan Tamiliniyan, Santhanakrishnan Babu, Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara

We recorded the Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna in Shettikeri tank and it turned out to be a first record of the species for the state Karnataka. Further, it appears like a wild vagrant to Karnataka and Southern peninsula.

Golusu Babu Rao, Santhanakrishnan Babu, Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara, Mahesh Bilaskar

We report the breeding of the Ceylon Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi in Vani Vilasa Sagara, Hiriyur Taluka in the state of Karnataka, India.  This is the first breeding record of the sub-species from Karnataka and this shows a lack of... see more

Sivangnanaboopathidoss Vimalraj, Kothandapani Raman, Damodar Atmavadan Reddy, Bakthavachalam Harikrishnan, Bawa Mothilal Krishnakumar, Kanagaraj Muthamizh Selvan

On our visit to the Durgai Amman shrine on 09 June 2016, we came across a pair of Grizzled Giant Squirrels on a tamarind tree, which leaped away when we approached (79.298960E & 12.176150N).  We had photographed an individual before it disappeared am... see more

Saneer Lamichhane, Aashish Gurung, Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral, Trishna Rayamajhi, Pabitra Gotame, Pramod Raj Regmi, Babu Ram Lamichhane

Systematic Camera trapping on the Barandabhar Corridor Forest recorded the presence of the endangered Wild Dog/Dhole in the area. A total of 1320 camera trap night efforts were conducted in the area in two blocks from 15th Dec 2015 to 20th Jan 2016. A sin... see more