19 articles in this issue
Anil Mahabal, Sanjay Thakur, Rajgopal Patil
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth (or Ceylon Frogmouth) Batrachostomus moniliger is an endemic resident bird confined to the evergreen and secondary forests of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India. The earlier distribution range of the Frogmouth was from ... see more
R. Sreehari, P. O. Nameer
The first ever detailed study on the small carnivores of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (PkTR) in the southern Western Ghats, using camera trap techniques, reported 11 species. A total of 1,350 camera-trap nights were used for the study. This ... see more
Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Aditya Srinivasulu, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Tauseef Hamid Dar, Asad Gopi, Gareth Jones
The Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy, 1813) is recorded for the first time from the Andaman Islands, India. A solitary female specimen was collected on October 13, 2015 from a limestone cave on Baratang Island. Cranial measurements ... see more
Fábio Maffei, Bruno Tayar Marinho do Nascimento, Guilherme Marson Moya, Reginaldo José Donatelli
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei is a poorly known freshwater turtle widely distributed in central South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and probably Bolivia. It is considered “Near Threatened” by the IUCN Red List and “Data Deficie... see more
Dhruv A. Prajapati, Krunal R. Patel, Sandeep B. Munjpara, Shiva S. Chettiar, Devendrasinh D. Jhala
We report a checklist of spiders based on a survey made from August 2013 to July 2014 in Gujarat University Campus, an urban area located in the middle of Ahmadabad City, Gujarat State. A total of 77 species of spiders belonging to 53 genera and 20 famil... see more
Poovoli Amina, K. Rajmohana, K. V. Bhavana, P. P. Rabeeha
The present taxonomic study on the termites of Kerala, reports six species and one genus for the first time from the state. They are Odontotermes yadevi Thakur, Microtermes unicolor Snyder Grallatotermes niger Chatterjee and Thapa, Nasutitermes mata... see more
Darshana M. Rathod, B M. Parasharya, S. S. Talmale
The diversity of the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) was studied in seven districts of southern area of Gujarat State in India during 2014 to 2015. A total of 55 species belonging to two suborders and 37 genera under eight families were record... see more
K. Sankara Rao, N. V. Page, A. N. Sringeswara, R. Arun Singh, Imran Baig
The present communication reports an update on the distribution of three endemic tree species of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, namely, Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm., Paracroton integrifolius (Airy Shaw) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab. and Phaea... see more
P. Vidya, Rajashekhar K. Patil
Sediment cores were collected from four different mangrove areas of northern Kerala and southern Karnataka, western coast of India. The cores were analysed for the concentration of five heavy metals (Pb, Ni, Zn, Cu Fe) using Atomic Absorption Spectr... see more
Tashi Dhendup, Tshering Tempa, Tsethup Tshering, Nawang Norbu
A camera trapping survey in eastern Bhutan in 2015 has yielded a picture of the Bhutan Takin in the uplands of Kurichu River watersheds in&n... see more
R. Sreehari, Sandeep Das, M. Gnanakumar, K. P. Rajkumar, K. A. Sreejith, Navaneeth Kishor, Dhaneesh Bhaskar, P. S. Easa, P. O. Nameer
We are reporting four new records of Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus Gray, 1837 from four protected areas in Western Ghats including Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Periyar Tiger Reserve and Pampadum Shola National Park and one ... see more
P. O. Nameer, R. Ashmi, Sachin K. Aravind, R. Sreehari
A new site record for the Dobson‘s Long-tongued Fruit Bat Eonycteris spelaea (Pteropodidae, Chiroptera) is presented from Kerala, India. A revised distribution map of the species is also given. The morphometry of Eonycteris spelaea is discusse... see more
P. Santhoshkumar, P. Kannan, B. Ramakrishnan, A Veeramani, A. Samson, S. Karthick, J. Leonaprincy, B. Nisha, N. Dineshkumar, A. Abinesh, U. Vigneshkumar, P. Girikaran
Twenty seven road killed specimens of Plectrurus perrotetii were recorded in Emerald and its surrounding areas in the Nilgiris. Among the road kills, fourteen of them were females, seven were males and six are juveniles. Among the road kill fema... see more
Vikas Pandey, T. Ganesh
The present work is aimed at facilitating conservation efforts of a rare species of sea urchin (Colobocentrotus atratus) reported nearly eight decades after its initial description by Bell (1887) and later by Clarke (1925) from the coastal waters of south... see more
Neelesh Dahanukar, Nikhil Modak, Keerthi Krutha, P. O. Nameer, Anand D. Padhye, Sanjay Molur
Dahanukar et al. (2016: pp. 9234) made available the genus name Walkerana (type species: Ixalus diplostictus Günther, 1876: 574, Pl. 63 fig. C) within family Ranixalidae for the monophyletic group with reduced webbing endemic to the Western Ghats of India... see more
Gaurab Nandi Das, Arajush Payra, Bitupan Boruah
The species Plastingia naga, de Niceville 1884is a very rare butterfly, and it occurs widely from Assam to Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines (Evans, 1932). Except India, recently this species was recorded from Singapore, Sumatra an... see more
R. Ramasubbu, C. Divya, S. Anjana
Taxonomy, field status and threats of three endemic species of Syzygium, Syzygium densiflorum Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Syzygium myhendrae (Bedd. ex Brandis) Gamble and Syzygium travancoricum Gamble of the southern Western Ghats were discussed.
Umeshkumar L Tiwari
Arnebia nandadeviensis Sekar & Rawal, Journal of American Science 5(2): 105-106. 2009 is being suggested here as synonym of a well-established taxon Onosma bracteata Wall., giving taxonomic reasons.
Rashmi Dubey, Shreya Sengupta
The paper reports the fungus Exosporium monanthotaxis Piroz. on an unidentified dead twig from the forest floor of Biligirirangan Hills, Karnataka, India.