Journal of Threatened Taxa  

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 National Biodiversity Authority

Saru Rimal, Hari Adhikari, Shankar Tripathi

The Greater One-horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis has been listed as a Vulnerable species on IUCN Red List, Appendix I of CITES, and a protected animal under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029 B.S., 1973.  In Nepal, it was fou... see more

Dipankar Lahkar, M. Firoz Ahmed, Ramie H. Begum, Sunit Kumar Das, Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, Hiranya K. Sarma, Abishek Harihar

 Information on the presence and distribution of species is crucial for conservation planning and management within a region.  Documentation of species assemblages in Manas National Park (MNP) in the aftermath of conflict is critical for informe... see more

Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Chelmala Srinivasulu

The taxonomic status of Andersen’s Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros pomona (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) and its relationship with the taxa assigned to it has been confusing.  Knud Andersen described H. pomona (based on specimens from southern India) and H.... see more

M. S. Syamili, P. O. Nameer

A study was conducted to evaluate amphibian diversity in selected agroecosystems of central Kerala within the southern Western Ghats of India, from January to May 2017.  A total of 10 anurans were recorded from cashew plantation, coconut plantation, ... see more

Basant Kumar Agarwala

Systematics and ecology of Cyrtodiopsis whitei (Curran, 1936), initially described in brief from a tropical dry deciduous forest in eastern India as Diopsis whitei, remained obscure for want of the type specimens.  ... see more

Arnab Basu, Indrani Sarkar, Siddartha Datta, Sheela Roy

Benthic macroinvertebrate communities are frequently applied as indicators of aquatic ecosystem health as many species are responsive to pollution and abrupt changes in their surroundings.  The qualities of benthic invertebrate communities greatly de... see more

Kersley Bruno Pynee, David Harold Lorence, Poojanraj Khurun

Aerva congesta Balf.f. ex Baker (Amaranthaceae), an endemic of Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues) is assessed for its conservation status. Considering its local extinction in Rodrigues and very small population in Mauritius, in Round Island and a... see more

Birkhungur Borogayary, Ashesh Kumar Das, Arun Jyoti Nath

Aquilaria malaccensis Lam., a threatened tree commonly called agarwood, is emerging as one of the most promising commercially important aromatic species in the world.  This paper presents the findings on the vegetative and reproductive phenology of A... see more

Brandon P. Anthony, Vikash Tatayah, Deborah De Chazal

Interactions between people and wildlife have both positive and negative aspects.  Negative interactions, commonly termed human-wildlife conflict (HWC), have increased in recent decades due to a number of factors including difficulties in identifying... see more

Priya Davidar

A critique of the extensive use of the term human-wildlife conflict to describe a variety of situations involving wildlife.

Rinzin Phunjok Lama, Tashi R. Ghale, Madan K. Suwal, Rishi Ranabhat, Ganga Ram Regmi

The Snow Leopard Panthera uncia is a rare top predator of high-altitude ecosystems and insufficiently surveyed outside of protected areas in Nepal.  We conducted a rapid camera-trapping survey to assess the presence of Snow Leopard in the Limi valley... see more

Devika Sanghamithra, P. O. Nameer

A study on the small carnivores in Silent Valley National Park (SVNP), southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India was conducted from September 2015 to April 2016, using the camera trap technique.  Seven species of small carnivores were recorded during the... see more

R. Roshnath, C. P. Arjun, J. Ashli, D. Sethu, P. Gokul

House Sparrows Passer domesticus are one of the most widespread passerines in the world.  A survey was conducted to find out their status in Kannur District, Kerala.  The survey recorded 553 sparrows in 35 sites in the district.  The perspe... see more

Dencin Rons Thampy, C. P. Shaji

Dario neela, a newly described badid fish endemic to the Western Ghats is little known to science. Distribution and ecology of this species is not well documented.  In this paper, we provide information on new records of this rare fish from Wayanad r... see more

Indu Sharma, Rani Dhanze

Fifty-eight ornamental fish species belonging to five orders, 13 families and 36 genera occur in Himachal Pradesh. The dominant family is Cyprinidae (46.55%) followed by Nemacheilidae (15.51%); Sisoridae, Poeciliidae, Osphronemidae (9.89%); Cobitidae (5.1... see more

Darshana M. Rathod, B. M. Parasharya

Odonate diversity of Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, a Ramsar site in Gujarat, was studied between January 2015 and July 2017.  A total of 46 species belonging to two suborders, six families, and 27 genera were recorded, which included 14 species of Zygop... see more

Prem K. Chhetri, Alexander R. O’Neill, Bijoy Chhetri

Balanophora J.R. Forster & G. Forster (Balanophoraceae) is a poorly studied genus of root holoparasite native to temperate and tropical regions of Asia and the Pacific.  The occurrences of Balanophora polyandra Griff. were first reported within two p... see more

Reshma Solanki, Manju Siliwal, Dolly Kumar

The original description of Storena gujaratensis by Tikader & Patel in 1975 based on a male specimen was wrongly identified in the genus; here we transfer it to the genus Suffasia based on presence of dorsal cymbial flange, large tegulum, long embolus and... see more

K. K. Srikumar, S. Smitha, B. Suresh Kumar, B. Radhakrishnan

The Green Lacewing Mallada desjardinsi (Navas) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) is the common chrysopid in tea plantations of the Anamallais (southern India).  Guava trees dispersed in tea plantations accommodate a large population of this predator.  S... see more

M. P. Geethakumary, S. Deepu, A. G. Pandurangan

Cinnamomum goaense was proposed by Kostermans based on the collection from Karnataka, India.  The species was collected after a lapse of 57 years outside the type locality and forms a new record for Kerala.  A detailed description along with an ... see more

Ayangla S. Pongen, Kuno Chuzho, N.S.K. Harsh, M.S. Khar, Manoj Kumar

Coltriciella dependens a new record of wood rotting fungi is being reported on partially burnt bark of living Pinus kesiya from Meghalaya, India.  It is the first record of the genus Coltriciella as well.  Macro-microscopical features, photograp... see more

S. Suresh Ramanan, Lalit Upadhyay

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