Journal of Threatened Taxa  

Nguyen Truong Son, Thomas J. O'shea, Jeffery A. Gore, Gabor Csorba, Vuong Tan Tu, Tatsuo Oshida, Hideki Endo, Masaharu Motokawa

Bat communities of mainland Southeast Asia can be highly diverse. Many are under threat. Despite this, regional faunal composition is not well documented for many areas, including regions of Vietnam.  We assessed the biodiversity of bats in a watersh... see more

C. K. Rohini, T. Aravindan, P. A. Vinayan, M. Ashokkumar, K.S. Anoop Das

Elephant conservation carries cost in the form of human-elephant conflict and affects the wellbeing of people living near ecologically important areas.  Conflicts impart serious challenges towards the survival of Asian Elephants, which are categorize... see more

Vijay Kumar Deepak Samuel, Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj, Pandian Krishnan, Chermapandi Parthiban, Veeramuthu Sekar, Kanagaraj Chamundeeswari, Titus Immanuel, Patro Shesdev, Ramachandran Purvaja, Ramachandran Ramesh

This study reports an updated checklist of marine shrimps found along the Indian coast, including the Lakshadweep and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.  A total of 364 species classified under 128 genera belonging to the order Decapoda is reported, thus... see more

M. Eric Ramanujam

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Ishwari D. Rai, Gajendra Singh, Gopal S. Rawat

During recent botanical explorations, we recorded three interesting plant species from the alpine regions (>3500m) of the Uttarakhand State in the western Himalaya.  After a detailed scrutiny of the literature and herbarium specimens, we ascertain... see more

K. Keshavachandra, G. Krishnakumar

Gymnacranthera canarica (King) Warb. is an exclusive Myristica swamp species endemic to the Western Ghats.  The Myristica swamp is a Critically Endangered ecosystem.  Studies were carried out to assess the viability, germination and storage beha... see more

Pooja Gupta, G. P. Sinha

A first note on foliicolous lichens of Assam enumerating 26 species belonging to 15 genera and eight families are provided.  Four species viz., Bacidina apiahica, Byssoloma chlorinum, Calopadia fusca and Strigula nitidula are reported for the first t... see more

Devanshi Kukadia, Mayurdan K. Gadhavi, N. Gokulakannan, G. V. Gopi, Gautam Talukdar, K. Sivakumar

A total of six individuals of S.chinensis were observed near the Jakhau creek, which is the western part of Gulf of Kachchh. The GPS location of the sighting is 23°14’28.5” N and 68°35’54.0" E. The dolphins were spotted in the mid-high tide time on 03 Dec... see more

Tahsinur Rahman Shihan

The Double-branded Blue Crow Euploea sylvester hopei C & R Felder, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) is a rare member of the genus Euploea Fabricius, 1807 and ranges through South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia. During the course of a... see more

Baleshwor Singh Soibam, Harmenn Huidrom, Jatishwor Singh Irungbam

The present paper reports the rediscovery of the Tricolored Pied Flat Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 and Crenulated Oakblue Apporasa atkinsoni Hewitson, 1869 after about 99 years after they were sighted by Tytler (1915) in Irang river and S... see more

R. Babu, G. Srinivasan

Aeshna petalura Martin, is documented for the first time from the high ranges of the eastern Himalaya (above 4,000m) and also a new record from the Tawang Region of Arunachal Pradesh, India.  The description of the species along with a distribution r... see more

Arajush Payra, Ashish D. Tiple

A new distribution record of an Odonata species from lower West Bengal. Mortonagrion aborense laidlaw, 1914 is recorded for the first time from Purba Medinipur district, lower West Bengal. Previously the species was recorded only from north-east India (Mi... see more

Poovoli Amina, K. Rajmohana, K. V. Bhavana

Speculitermes chadaensis Chatterjee & Thapa, 1964, a termite species under Termitidae family is reported for the first time from the Western Ghats.  A distribution map of the species is also provided.

K. Vanitha, S. Santhosh

The present study has documented egg parasitism in Tropical Tasar Silkworm for the first time. The parasitoid is Anastatus leithi (Walker) belonging to Eupelmidae family.  It is a solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid, emerges out as adults from the tas... see more

Dharmendra S. Rawat, Charan S. Rana, Harish Singh, Manish Karnatak

Gentiana saginoides Burkill (Gentianaceae) was described by Burkill in 1906 based on a collection from Sunderdhunga, Uttarakhand by T. Anderson in 1857. The species was not collected after its type collection despite attempts by several workers in the pas... see more