22 articles in this issue
Nattaporn Plangklang, Chaichat Boonyanusith, Sujeephon Athibai
The UNESCO Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve plays an important role in nature conservation and environmental protection. Previous focus on terrestrial habitats and neglect of aquatic ecosystems has resulted in an incomplete picture of biodiversity o... see more
Dhan Bahadur Gurung, Nima Gyeltshen, Kezang Tobgay, Stig Dalström, Jangchuk Wangdi, Bhakta Bahadur Ghalley, Lekey Chaida, Phuntsho Phuntsho, Ngawang Gyeltshen, Kelzang Dawa, Tandin Wangchuk, Rebecca Pradhan, Thomas Axel Ivan Hoijer, Choki Gyeltshen
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum, P. spicerianum, and P. venustum (Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae) are reported to occur in Bhutan, of which the former is known to be Critically Endangered and the latter two are Endangered. Based on numerous field trips cond... see more
Thomas Edward Marler
The diel cycle of Serianthes nelsonii leaflet movements was characterized under four levels of shade from full sun to 22% sunlight transmission to determine the photoprotective components of diurnal leaflet movements and the relationship to patterns of no... see more
Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju
Brownlowia tersa is a low-ground semi-evergreen shrub species. The phenological events occur sequentially—leaf fall, leaf flushing, flowering and fruiting from April to November. It is hermaphroditic, protandrous, self-compatible, facultative ... see more
Vivek Sarkar
Lahugada dohertyi is one of the many lesser-known cicadas of northeastern India which has never been studied since its discovery. Recently, a century later, a population of this elusive cicada was discovered in northern West Bengal. This paper... see more
Amar Paul Singh, Kritish De, Shagun Mahajan, Ritwik Mondal, Virendra Prasad Uniyal
The nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the dung beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions for the first time in India. The females made a brood chamber w... see more
Sudhir Ranjan Choudhury, Manju Siliwal, Sanjay Keshari Das
The present checklist of spiders of Odisha is the result of the compilation of all published literature on spiders and primary data collected during the present study carried out from July 2016 to March 2017 in Odisha. A total of 138 species of spid... see more
Tanveer Ahmed, Harendra Singh Bargali, Deepa Bisht, Gajendra Singh Mehra, Afifullah Khan
We surveyed water birds in Haripura-Baur Reservoir using total count method between 2013 and 2015. A total of 65 species were recorded representing eight orders and 14 families. Numerically Anatidae was the dominant family followed by Ardeidae... see more
Golusu Babu Rao, Santhanakrishnan Babu, Goldin Quadros, Anoop Vijay Kumar
The list of birds of Sindhudurg coastal district was compiled based on primary and secondary information. All observations were made along the Sindhudurg coast, i.e., from Terekhol to Vijaydurg. Wetland birds were recorded during sampling whil... see more
Deba Kumar Dutta, Parikshit Kakati
The complete-count of rhino or rhino census is an integral part of conservation and management of wild rhino-bearing areas of Assam. The direct count of rhinos in their wild habitat continues as the accepted method of determining rhino population.&n... see more
Deepak Rai, - Jyoti
To understand the population growth dynamics and life history parameters of the Blackbuck, 24 fortnightly visits were made in and around Lalpur Jheel, Dobhi Village of district Hisar (Haryana) from March 2017 to February 2018. Scan sampling method w... see more
Jibankumar Singh Khuraijam, Jaideep Mazumdar
An updated checklist of gymnosperms of the western Himalaya situated within political boundaries in India is provided along with conservation status and distribution. Lectotype for three names viz., Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex Lam.) G. Don, Pinus roxbu... see more
Kante Krishna Prasad, Chelmala Srinivasulu
Badis badis (Hamilton, 1822), a freshwater fish species, has been reported for the first time from the Godavari River basin of Telangana State, India. One specimen of B. badis was collected from a stream near Mubarakpur Village in Sangareddy Distric... see more
Basant Sharma, Anoj Subedi, Bandana Subedi, Shristee Panthee, Pushpa Raj Acharya
A bamboo bat of the genus Tylonycteris was captured near Gupteshore Cave of Kushma in Parbat, Nepal. Traditionally, two species of Tylonycteris (of T. pachypus complex and T. robustula complex) are known from the Indian subcontinent. Due to in... see more
Nadisha Sidhu, Jimmy Borah, Sunny Shah, Nidhi Rajput, Kajal Kumar Jadav
Canine distemper virus (CDV) was reported in wild tigers from Russia and recently from India. Very few studies, however, have been carried out to gain an insight into the prevalence of the disease in India, particularly in the wild. CDV is the... see more
Vikas Kumar; Samiran Panday; Sudhansu Sekhar Dash; Bipin Kumar Sinha, Paramjit Singh
Corallodiscus cooperi (Craib) B.L. Burtt is reported here as a new record for India. The IUCN Red-listed Vulnerable species was earlier known only from Bhutan and has been collected for the first time from outside the country, from Zemithang Valley ... see more
Khilendra Singh Kanwal, Umeshkumar Lalchand Tiwari, Lod Yama, Mahendra Singh Lodhi
Codonopsis foetens Hook.f. and C. thalictrifolia Wall., two high altitude plants occurring at an elevation of 3300–4800 m, are recorded from Arunachal Pradesh State in India for the first time. These species were collected from Nagula Wetland comple... see more
Kado Rinchen, Kinley Kinley, Chhimi Dorji, Dorji Wangmo
During a patrolling duty in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) in Bhutan, a lone male Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelan was observed and photographed. This is the first photographic evidence and confirmation on presence of the... see more
Augusto Henrique Batista Rosa, Lucas Neves Perillo, Frederico Siqueira Neves, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro, André Victor Lucci Freitas
From 2013 to 2016, a study using malaise was carried out throughout the Espinhaço Mountain range in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Bahia. A total of 1,000 butterflies belonging to six families, namely Pieridae (n=353), Nymphalidae (n=274),... see more
Gaurab Nandi Das, Subrata Gayen, Motoki Saito, Kailash Chandra
The genus Euaspa Moore, 1884 (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Theclini) of Zephyrus Hairstreak butterflies is represented by 14 species worldwide. Among these, four species were recorded from the Indian mainland. In this paper, E. motokii Koiwaya, 2002... see more
Duraikannu Vasanthakumar, Radhesyam Murlidhar Sharma
Actilasioptera tumidifolium Gagné, 1999 is reported as a new record from Andaman Islands, India. A brief diagnosis and images of its diagnostic characters are given to facilitate easy identification.
Taimur Alsaid, Abdularahman Aluwaisi, Sultan Albalushi, Zahran Alabdulsalam, Said Alharsusi, Steven Ross
The Blanford’s Fox Vulpes cana is known to be distributed in the Hajar Mountains and the mountains of Dhofar in northern and southern Oman, respectively. We report the first record of the Blanford’s Fox in Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve in central Oman.&... see more