Journal of Threatened Taxa  

Paul Kaseya Kazaba

This article reports the uses of primates in a fast-expanding city, and human-primate interactions in the vicinity of a protected area in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Surveys in markets, households and restaurants suggested that ... see more

Julián Andrés Rojas-Morales, Mateo Marín-Martínez

We present an assessment on composition, diversity and structure of amphibians in three zones along an elevation gradient (2,400–3,000 m) in the Central Cordillera of Colombia.  For this purpose, we carried out two field trips in November 2014 and Fe... see more

Vinícius Nunes Alves, Caroline Marques Maia, Telma Regina Alves, Renata Cristina Batista Fonseca

Deforestation and habitat fragmentation affect to a great extent larger wild mammals, which require large areas to establish their populations.  These mammals can have important functions in the structure and dynamics of tropical forests, acting as s... see more

Lief Erikson Gamalo, Joselito Baril, Judeline Dimalibot, Augusto Asis, Brian Anas, Nevong Puna, Vachel Gay Paller

Different nuisance behaviors of macaques have been reported in different parts of the world where humans and macaques have been living in the same habitats and sharing the same resources.  In this study, nuisance behaviors of Long-tailed Macaques wer... see more

Gérard Dubost, Stéphane Labes, Armelle Lutz

The Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis is currently facing numerous dangers throughout its natural range.  The major threats include human overpopulation, deforestation, and degradation of its habitat.  It is classified as Vulnerable o... see more

Manokaran Kamalakannan

The morphological and microscopic characteristics of dorsal guard hair of six species of the Indian goat-antelopes are described.  Although the cuticular characteristics of hair of all the six species studied are similar, the morphological, medulla a... see more

Juliana Pille Arnold, Mark V. Murphy, Raphael K. Didham, Terry F. Houston

The second known specimen of the bee Hesperocolletes douglasi Michener, 1965 is here reported as a serendipitous find among a collection of insect pollinators from an isolated woodland remnant in the Southwest Floristic Region of Western Australia.  ... see more

Prabhakaran Chandrika Sujitha, Gopal Prasad, Kalesh Sadasivan

Myristica swamps are unique freshwater swamp forests characterised by predominance of tree species of the Myristicaceae family.  There have been few published works on the flora and fauna of myristica swamps but studies on butterflies have been scant... see more

Maddala Sulakshana, Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju

Mollugo cerviana, M. nudicaulis and M. pentaphylla are annual herbs which usually grow in open dry sandy and sandy/loamy soils, and also occur in moist habitats, especially cultivated lands.  The flowers possess five tepals, functional stamens and 3-... see more

Uday Kumar Sen

Sacred groves are forest patches conserved by the local people interwined with their socio-cultural and religious practices.  An extricable link between the past and present society in terms of religion, socio-culture, heritage and biodiversity exist... see more

Trupthi Narayan, Pankaj Sekhsaria

This research paper is an account and analysis of English media reporting on wildlife conservation and protected areas (PAs) in Maharashtra, India, between 1994 and 2015.  It is based on 269 articles that first appeared in the media and were then edi... see more

Alexey E. Scopin, Vladimir N. Sotnikov, Dmitry V. Skumatov, Alexey A. Sergeyev

We present the results of short ornithological observations conducted in November–December 2014 and December 2015 in the territory near Putao in northern Myanmar at elevations below 1,500m.  We recorded 105 species, which were mostly resident birds, ... see more

Jigme Tenzin, Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal

This study provides the first report of Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi & Ohler, 2011 from Bhutan.  The species was recorded from Simkhar watershed in Jigmecholing under Sarpang District, at an elevation of 1,610m.  Simkhar Stream is small and perenn... see more

Sreedevi Kolla, Manisha Sharma, Hemant Vasant Ghate

Sarothrocera lowii White, 1846 is the only species belonging to the genus Sarothrocera (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).  Both the sexes of S. lowii were collected from Medziphema, Nagaland, northeastern India, during surveys in 2016.  Earli... see more

Hemant Vasant Ghate, Balasaheb Sarode

Onychomesa susainathani Wygodzinsky, 1966, an emesine bug known so far only from its type specimen, is illustrated with additional descriptive notes herein from Maharashtra State in India.  It is a rediscovery after about 60 years.

Imtiyaz Beleem, Paresh Poriya, Bharatsinh Gohil

From India, two species of the callianassid ghost shrimp genus Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988 are known. In this study, Neocallichirus jousseaumei (Nobili, 1904) is first recorded from India based on a single specimen collected from intertidal zone of Diu coa... see more

K. Pradheep, K. Joseph John, G. D. Harish, S. M. Sultan, I. Jaisankar, K. Naveen, S. P. Ahlawat, Manish Kanwat

A field survey across various parts of India coupled with an analysis of the literature and an examination of herbarium specimens revealed the presence of four species of crop wild relatives that have not been reported from India, viz., Dioscorea piscator... see more

Todd F. Elliott, Camille Truong, Olivier Séné, Terry W. Henkel

Fungi are an important food source for a diversity of animals throughout the world, but these associations have been poorly studied in Africa. In this short note based on an observation from the Congo Basin of Cameroon, we provide the first report of... see more