Journal of Threatened Taxa  

Abadi Mehari Abrha, Habtu Kiros Nigus

This paper investigates the abundance, density and habitat preference of Harwood’s Francolin, and considers threats posed to this species at Merhabete District, Ethiopia. A total of 20 line transects ranging from 0.5–1.2 km, each 150–400 m apart, were pla... see more

Sandip D. Tapkir, Sanjay S. Kharat, Pradeep Kumkar, Sachin M. Gosavi

 The introduction of invasive species leading to decline of freshwater fauna is a major concern for conservation biologists.  In this study we examined the effect of introduced Tilapia on the survival of the loach Lepidocephalichthys thermalis v... see more

Chhimi Namgyal, Phuntsho Thinley

The Dhole is a little-studied wild canid with decreasing populations throughout its global range.  We conducted this study in Bhutan’s Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP) to establish baseline records of Dhole distribution and habitat use. We used trail... see more

Khursid A. Khan, Jamal A. Khan, Narendra Mohan

Golden Jackal (Canis aurius indicus) survives in a wide range of environment. Its foraging adaptation varies according to quality and abundance of food sources. The food habits also fluctuate according to season and habitat. This study investigated the di... see more

S. R. Ganesh

The White-spotted Skink Lygosoma albopunctatum, a rarely recorded lizard, has been re-sighted from its type locality: Madras in the Coromandel Coastal Plains.  Morphological details and field notes on the findings are elaborated.  Since many pas... see more

Chenchu Ankalaiah, Thondaladinne Mastan, Mullangi Sridhar Reddy

Pterocarpus santalinus is a highly valued medium-sized leguminous endemic tree with a restricted range in the southern Eastern Ghats deciduous forests.  The enumeration in four 1ha plots has yielded a total of 878 Red Sanders tree individuals (=30cm ... see more

Ivan Stolarik, Daniel Jablonski

One individual of the rare rodent Dinaromys bogdanovi (Martino, 1922) was trapped in Prokletije Mountains, northern Albania.  This is the first record of this species in Albania, and morphological data and genetic affiliation are presented.  Ana... see more

Sumant Mali, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Asad R. Rahmani

A total of 115 bird species belonging to 47 families were recorded in the scrub forests of the Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India in a survey carried out from May 2014 to April 2015.  Of these, 107 species were resident and... see more

Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, Ilona J. Kharkongor

A single male specimen of Leptobrachium bompu was collected from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh in 2015.  This is the first report of this species after its original description in 2011 based on a male sp... see more

Archana Yadav, Reshma Solanki, Manju Siliwal, Dolly Kumar

 This is a very first attempt to compile a checklist of spiders from Gujarat.  It is a result of primary data as well as based on published literature.  The spider diversity of Gujarat consists of 415 species under 169 genera and 40 familie... see more

Manoj Kumar, N.S.K. Harsh, Rajendra Prasad, Vijay Vardhan Pandey

The indigenous people in Chakrata have an immense knowledge of edible and poisonous mushrooms.  In the present study the use of mushroom in culinary practices was surveyed among three communities, viz., the natives: Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Scheduled... see more

Neeraj Sharma

Rufous Tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes a southward passage migrant to India, has an extremely large range in Europe, north and south Africa, central Asia (Kazakhstan and China), middle east to northern Pakistan. Of the five sub-specie... see more

Kannan Thirunaranan, Samidurai Jayakumar, Sankaranathan Sivaraman, Santhanakrishnan Babu

Great White Pelican is recorded for the first time in Pallikaranai Marsh Land, Tamil Nadu, India. As this species is recorded in other parts southern india, a brief sightings records of the is described. 

S. M. Gaikwad, Y. J. Koli, G. P. Bhawane

A survey of the various localities of the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, revealed three very interesting species of bugs that have not been recently recorded from Maharashtra State: Cazira verrucosa (Westwood), Alcimocoris sp., and Ptilocerus c... see more

S. Suresh Ramanan

Response to article on Adventitious rooting of mature Cycas micronesica

Thomas Edward Marler, Gil Naputi Cruz

Best protocols for cycad propagation require more research