18 articles in this issue
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National Biodiversity AuthorityBiodiversity Monitoring Committee & People’s Biodiversity Register
Rajan Amin, Hem Sagar Baral, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Laxman Prasad Poudyal, Samantha Lee, Shant Raj Jnawali, Krishna Prasad Acharya, Gopal Prasad Upadhyaya, Megh Bahadur Pandey, Rinjan Shrestha, Dipesh Joshi, Janine Griffiths, Ambika Prasad Khatiwada, Naresh Subedi
The main objectives of the Nepal National Mammal Red Data Book (RDB) were to provide comprehensive and up-to-date accounts of 212 mammal species recorded in Nepal, assess their status applying the IUCN Guidelines at Regional Levels, identify threats and r... see more
J. Judas, Gabor Csorba, Petr Benda
The bat fauna of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has so far received very little attention. This paper presents a review of published records and voucher specimens in museum collections. We reviewed 39 references and identified 116 records concerni... see more
Surendranie Judith Cabral, Tharaka Prasad, Thulmini Pubudika Deeyagoda, Sanjaya Nuwan Weerakkody, Ashwika Nadarajah, Rasanayagam Rudran
Human-monkey conflicts reached crisis proportions in Sri Lanka over the last 10 years due to extensive deforestation to promote rapid economic growth and agricultural expansion. This resulted in complaints from the public with demands for Sri Lanka’... see more
Dhananjay Chavan Vinayak, Subhash Vitthal Mali
Bird communities in Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary in the northern Western Ghats were studied using line transect and point count methods from the year 2011 to 2013. The updated checklist of birds at the Sanctuary is now represented by 164 bird species.... see more
R. K. Sharma, L. A.K. Singh
During 1984–86 and 1995–2016 winter surveys five stork species were observed in 12 study zones of the river Chambal in the Ganga tributary system. Comparative temporal and spatial analyses of stork distribution are presented from two broad stretches... see more
Raveendran Lekshmi, Surendhar Boobalan
Breeding of the Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera is being reported from Bahour Lake in Union Territory of Puducherry along with the breeding period observations. The falcon nesting on the Palmyra palm Borassus flabellifer is reported for the first ... see more
Ram Krishna Das
A study was carried out from March 2016 to February 2017 to investigate the diversity of fishes and the conservation status of Bochamari Beel, a natural wetland of Cooch Behar District, West Bengal, India. The study revealed the occurrence of 40 spe... see more
T.S. Harish Kumar, M. Siddaraju, C.H. Krishna Bhat, K.S. Sreepada
Seasonal distribution and abundance of four species of earthworms belonging to three families—Rhinodrilidae (Pontoscolex corethrurus), Megascolecidae (Megascolex konkanensis and Metaphire houlleti) and Octochaetidae (Karmiella karnatakensis)—were studied ... see more
Nilesh R. Thaokar, Payal R. Verma, Raymond J. Andrew
Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius) is one of the most common damselflies in the Indian subcontinent. It flies among bushes and breeds in stagnant pools, small garden tanks, tubs and ornamental cement ponds containing submerged and/or floating ve... see more
Nishikant Gupta, Gautam Talukdar
The Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata is an agriculturally important, non-endemic bird found throughout India, however, very little information is available regarding this less known/less studied species’ current distribution and population size. The... see more
Sudhanya Ray Hajong, Rodeson Thangkiew
The cicada genus Salvazana Distant, 1913 is reported for the first time from India with the discovery of Salvazana mirabilis mirabilis Boulard, 2002 from Shillong in the northeastern state of Meghalaya in India. This extends the northwestern distrib... see more
Satish Chandra, D. S. Rawat
The species Stellaria umbellata is reported as a new record for the western Himalayan flora. Critical examination of the species in nature, Indian herbaria, online herbaria and protologue confirmed its identity as Stellaria umbellata. Earlier,... see more
Arun Kumar Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya
The saprophytic fungus genus Cryptomarasmius has 28 reported species worldwide. We report here the first record of Cryptomarasmius exustoides in India, extending the distribution of Cryptomarasmius. A detailed taxonomic description with illust... see more
A. Sabeena, V. B. Hosagoudar, V. Divaharan
Thiruvananthapuram District harbours more than 1,000 medicinal plants of which 241 plants are hosts to foliicolous fungi belonging to 76 families and 187 genera. These medicinal plants have been arranged alphabetically, along with the fungi they hos... see more
Licha Jeri, Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Yogendra Kumar
Pternopetalum latipinnulatum (Shan) J.B. Tan & X.J. He, previously known as an endemic species of China is now reported for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh. Detailed information about its description along with photographic illustration and a s... see more
Sampa Ghosh, Debjyoti Bhattacharyya
Five species of grasses (Poaceae) viz., Acroceras munroanum (Balansa) Henrard, Cyrtococcum patens var. latifolium (Honda) Ohwi, Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees, Panicum maximum Jacq. and Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Kunth) St... see more
R. V. Vyas, B. M. Parasharya
Response on recent publication of “Yadav et al., 2017, Spiders of Gujarat: A preliminary checklist” is need to revised. On careful reading of this paper, we found that there are certain mistakes in the paper and omissions of certain published inform... see more