Journal of Threatened Taxa  

Keerthi Krutha, Neelesh Dahanukar, Sanjay Molur

A new species Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi is described from the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary of Western Ghats of Kozhikode District, Kerala.  The new species can be distinguished from known congeners based on small adult size, head equal to or slightly w... see more

Steven G. Platt, Tint Lwin, Naing Win, Htay Lin Aung, Kalyar Platt, Thomas R. Rainwater

We conducted an interview-based survey to investigate the conservation status of large (adult carapace length >400mm) Softshell Turtles (Amyda ornata, Chitra vandijki, and Nilssonia formosa) in the Irrawaddy Dolphin Protected Area (IDPA) of Myanmar dur... see more

S. S. Talmale, T. Bharathimeena

 Studies on mammalian fauna from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands have been done by various researchers but meager information is available on rodent fauna from these Islands.  Morphometric and cranial details of fresh specimens of one of the roden... see more

Raju Vyas, Colin Stevenson

Human-Crocodile conflict (HCC) occurs to varying degrees around the World, and with a number of crocodilian species (CrocBITE 2013).  The Mugger or Marsh Crocodile Crocodylus palustris found in Gujarat State is the crocodilian species responsibl... see more

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

Mitigation measures are one of the best strategies for the management of human-elephant conflict.  An assessment of the effectiveness of existing crop protection methods in 17 forest fringe villages of Karulai and Vazhikadavu ranges of Nilambur South... see more

M. S. Sanil, V.B. Sreekumar, K. A. Sreejith, A. J. Robi, T. K. Nirmesh

Hopea glabra Wight & Arn. and Hopea utilis (Bedd.) Bole are two little-known highly threatened endemic dipterocarps distributed in evergreen forests of the Western Ghats.  Although literature surveys and herbarium records show occurrence of these spe... see more

Mariappan Muthukumar, Thiruppathi Senthil Kumar, Mandali Venkateswara Rao

Helicteres isora L. (Malvaceae), a medicinally important tree species used in Ayurveda as well as by folklore practitioners, is studied for its phenology, associated problems with the environment and anthropogenic effects.  In Helicteres isora, flowe... see more

B.K. Sneha Chandran, R. Ravinesh, A. Biju Kumar

Among the 373 species of opisthobranchs reported from India, 92 are from Lakshadweep.  This paper documents 11 species of opisthobranch fauna from Lakshadweep Islands, classified under the families Haminoeidae, Colpodaspididae, Volvatellidae, Dendrod... see more

Ramesh Singh Yadav

Collembola, the fauna of a hidden habitat, are symbols of soil health. A survey of Collembolan fauna in different habitats in different regions of Uttar Pradesh was carried out from 2008 to 2010.  Thirty-seven species were captured belonging to 27 ge... see more

Punyo Chada, Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, James John Young

Elcysma, a small genus of zygaenid moths occurring in Nagaland, western China and Japan is recorded from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India for the first time.  The other known species from northeastern India is E. dohertyi, so far known only from... see more

Aaratrik Pal

A study was made to determine the present status of the diversity of the dragonflies and damselflies from University of North Bengal campus and its surroundings.  The study shows the presence of total 69 species of odonates belonging to 41 genera and... see more

Swapnil Shivdas Shirke, M. Nashad, Monalisha Devi Sukham, H. D. Pradeep

This manuscript deals with the Bent-fin Devil Ray Mobula thurstoni for its first time occurrence in the Andaman & Nicobar waters around the Indian EEZ which is a new locality record confirming the range extension of the species to the southeast of Bay of ... see more

Ranil P. Nanayakkara, Thomas A. Jefferson, Sandaruwan Abayaratne

Thirty species of marine mammals have been recorded from Sri Lanka.  Amongst them the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only representative of the family Phocoenidae.  The only previous record from Sri Lanka was a spe... see more

Manoj Kumar, Prahlad Singh Mehra, N.S.K. Harsh, Amit Pandey, Vijay Vardhan Pandey

A giant fungal fruit body of Phellinus pachyphloeus (Pat.) Pat. was recorded from Dehradun.  Till date it is the largest fungal fruit body ever recorded from India and second from the world.

Rachamalla Shyamsundar, Kante Krishna Prasad, Chelmala Srinivasulu

The present paper discusses about the diversity of fish fauna in Udayasamudram Reservoir in Nalgonda District, Telangana State, India. Surveys were conducted from March 2013 to February 2016, and fish specimens were collected to study the diversity. A tot... see more

T. Siva, P. Neelanarayanan

The Grey-necked Bunting or Grey-hooded Bunting is a New World sparrow and a winter visitor to India, particularly Gujarat region.  Earlier, sightings of this species were rarely reported from other parts of India.  In this communication the Grey... see more

Aashna Sharma, Vandana Rajput, Vineet K. Dubey, Aavika Dhanda, Shagun Thakur, J. A. Johnson, S. Sathyakumar, K. Sivakumar

Of the 13 known species of water shrews in the world, two water shrews are known from India, the Elegant Water Shrew Nectogale elegans and Himalayan Water Shrew Chimmarogale himalayica.  Of these, the Elegant Water Shrew was earlier reported only fro... see more

Divya Karnad

A few records of the Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena, a Near Threatened species, suggest that it can survive along coasts, preying on intertidal fauna.  This record updates earlier information about the presence of the Striped Hyena preying on the Rushik... see more

Jis Sebastian

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