Scientific publications by our members

Herptiles

Raorchestes ghatei, a new species of shrub frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Padhye, Anand D.; Sayyed, Amit; Jadhav, Anushree; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2013). link
Indirana chiravasi, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India. Padhye, Anand D.; Modak, Nikhil; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2014). link
Amphibian diversity and distribution in Tamhini, northern Western Ghats. Dahanukar, Neelesh; Padhye, Anand. (2005). link
Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of Goa, India. Modak, Nikhil; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Gosavi, Ninad; Padhye, Anand D.. (2015). link
Delimiting the distribution range of Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)(Anura: Ranixalidae), an endemic threatened anuran of the Western Ghats, based on molecular and morphological analysis. Modak, Nikhil; Padhye, Anand; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2014). link
Range extension of Ferguson Toad Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider)(Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) up to the northern most limit of Western Ghats, with its advertisement call analysis. Padhye, Anand; Pandit, Rohan; Patil, Rajgopal; Gaikwad, Swapnil; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Shouche, Yogesh. (2013). link
Sexual dimorphism in the Kudremukh Bush Frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Raorchestes tuberohumerus) of the Western Ghats, India, with a note on its distribution and conservation status. Padhye, Anand D.; Jadhav, Anushree; Sulakhe, Shauri; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2015). link
Instances of aberrant colors and patterns among the indian herpetofauna: a review.. Mahabal, Anil; Thakur, Sanjay. (2014). link
Hydrophylax bahuvistara, a new species of fungoid frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) from peninsular India. Padhye, Anand D.; Jadhav, Anushree; Modak, Nikhil; Nameer, P. O.; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2015). link
Advertisement calls of Amboli leaping frog Indirana chiravasi (Anura: Ranixalidae) from northern Western Ghats, India. Modak, Nikhil; Dahanukar, Neelesh; OGALE, HEMANT; Padhye, Anand. (2016). link
Leaping frogs (Anura: Ranixalidae) of the Western Ghats of India: An integrated taxonomic review. Dahanukar, Neelesh; Modak, Nikhil; Krutha, Keerthi; Nameer, P. O.; Padhye, Anand D.; Molur, Sanjay. (2016). link
Sallywalkerana, a replacement name for Walkerana Dahanukar et al. 2016 (Anura: Ranixalidae). Dahanukar, Neelesh; Modak, Nikhil; Krutha, Keerthi; Nameer, P. O.; Padhye, Anand D.; Molur, Sanjay. (2016). link
Range extension of the Western Burrowing Frog, Sphaerotheca pashchima (Anura: Dicroglossidae), in central and northern India with an overview of the distribution of other Indian species in the Genus Sphaerotheca. Dandekar, Nikhil; Sulakhe, Shauri; Padhye, Anand. (2020). link
Life History of Western Ghats endemic and threatened Anuran–Matheran leaping frog,(Indirana leithii) with notes on its feeding preferences. Modak, Nikhil; Chunekar, Hrishikesh; Padhye, Anand. (2018). link
Dwarfs of the fortress: A new cryptic species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Rajgad fort in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Sayyed, Amit; Cyriac, Vivek Philip; Pardeshi, Anish; Sulakhe, Shauri. (2021). link
Sphaerotheca pashchima, a new species of burrowing frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from western India. Padhye, Anand; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Sulakhe, Shauri; Dandekar, Nikhil; Limaye, Sunil; Jamdade, Kirti. (2017). link

Insects

Further contribution to the knowledge of Zoocecidia of mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vier. Sharma, R. M.; Das, A. K.. (1984). link
Distribution and composition of butterfly species along the latitudinal and habitat gradients of the Western Ghats of India. Padhye, Anand; Shelke, Sheetal; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2012). link
First report on plant galls (zoocecidia) from mangrove swamps of Vikhroli, Maharashtra. Sharma, R. M.; Joshi, P. V.; Shindikar, Mahesh. (2003). link
Checklist of Indian Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Sharma, R. M.. (2009). link
new gall-midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from India. Sharma, R. M.; Rao, S. N.. (1978). link
A new psyllid gall on the leaves of Alstonia-kurzii hkf (Apocynaceae) from the South Andaman islands. Kandasamy, C.; Sharma, R. M.. (1983). link
Checklist of Indian grass gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with their host grass (Poaceae) index. Sharma, R. M.; others. (2000). link

Birds

Season and landscape element wise changes in the community structure of avifauna of Tamhini, northern Western Ghats, India. Padhye, Anand D.; Paingankar, Mandar; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Pande, Satish. (2007). link
Population ecology and communal roosting behaviour of pariah kite Milvus migrans govinda in Pune(Maharashtra).. Mahabal, Anil; Bastawade, D. B.. (1985). link
Spatial and temporal fluctuations in the population of common myna Acridotheres tristis (linnaeus) in and around an indian city. Mahabal, Anil; Bastawade, D. B.; Vaidya, V. G.. (1990). link
Colour aberrations in Indian birds. MAHABAL, ANIL; SHARMA, RM; SAYYED, AMIT. (2016). link
How common is albinism really? Colour aberrations in Indian birds reviewed. Mahabal, Anil; van Grouw, Hein; Sharma, R. M.; Thakur, Sanjay. (2016). link
Birds of Talra Wildlife Sanctuary in lower western Himalaya, HP with notes on their status and altitudinal movement. Mahabal, Anil. (2000). link
Diurnal rhythms and seasonal changes in the roosting behaviour of Indian mynaAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus). Mahabal, Anil; Vaidya, V. G.. (1989). link
Distribution records and extended range of the Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger (Aves: Caprimulgiformes: Podargidae) in the Western Ghats: a review from 1862 to 2015. Mahabal, Anil; Thakur, Sanjay; Patil, Rajgopal. (2016). link
Recent sightings of Sri Lankan Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger in Northern Western Ghats between Kolhapur and Mumbai, India. Sayyed, Amit; Mahabal, Anil. (2017). link
Activity-time budget of Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus) during the breeding season. Mahabal, A.. (1991). link
Aves. Mahabal, Anil; Patil, S. R.. (2008). link
On the birds of Poona and vicinity. Mahabal, Anil; Lamba, B. S.. (1987). link

Arachnida

Diversity of scorpion fauna of Saswad-Jejuri, Pune District, Maharashtra, western India. Pande, Satish; Bastawade, Deshbhushan; Padhye, Anand; Pawashe, Amit. (2012). link
Fauna of India: Scorpions. Tikader, B. K.; Bastawade, D. B.. (1983). link
Distribution of Neoscorpiops scorpions in the western ghats of Maharashtra and Gujarat and possible trichobothridial variations among isolated populations. Bastawade, D. B.. (1997). link
Arachnida: Scorpionida, Uropygi, Schizomida and Oncopodid Opiliones (Chelicerata). Bastawade, D. B.. (2006). link
A new Schizomus from the Indian state of Maharashtra, with additional comments on eyed schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomidae). Cokendolpher, James C.; Sissom, W. David; Bastawade, D. B.. (1988). link
Three new species from the spider families Amaurobiidae, Thomisidae and Salticidae (Araneae: Arachnida) from India. Bastawade, D. B.. (2002). link
A new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the north-eastern states of India. Giribet, Gonzalo; Sharma, Prashant P.; Bastawade, Deshbhushan B.. (2007). link
The 1st record of the family Ischnuridae (Scorpionida, Arachnida) from Maharashtra with the description of a new species of a genus Iomachus Pocock. Bastawade, D. B.. (1987). link
First report of an arachnid order Cyphophthalmi (da) from India in Arunachal Pradesh. Bastawade, D. B.. (1992). link
Replacement name for Amaurobius indicus and its transfer to family Corinnidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Bastawade, D. B.. (2006). link
Haplotype diversity in medically important red scorpion (Scorpiones: Buthidae: Hottentotta tamulus) from India. Suranse, Vivek; Sawant, Nitin S.; Bastawade, D. B.; Dahanukar, Neelesh. (2019). link
Two new species of Chiromachetes (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Dandekar, Nikhil; Ketkar, Makarand; Gowande, Gaurang; Padhye, Anand; Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). link
Taxonomic validity of Neoscorpiops deccanensis, N. tenuicauda, N. satarensis and N. maharashtraensis with Description of a new species of Neoscorpiops Vachon, 1980 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Sayyed, Amit; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Dandekar, Nikhil; Padhye, Anand; Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). link
A new cryptic species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Dandekar, Nikhil; Ketkar, Makarand; Padhye, Anand; Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). link
Molecular phylogeny and venom characterization of Indian Scorpions. Suranse, Vivek. (2017). link
Four new lithophilic species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from peninsular India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Dandekar, Nikhil; Padhye, Anand; Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2021). link
Two new cryptic species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Dandekar, Nikhil; Padhye, Anand; Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). link
Some biological aspects of the central Indian endemic scorpion Hottentotta jabalpurensis Kovařík, 2007 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Pandey, Pragya; Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Bastawade, D. B.. (2021). link
Arboreal gems: resurrection of Isometrus sankeriensis Tikader & Bastwade, 1983 and descriptions of two new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Sulakhe, Shauri; Deshpande, Shubhankar; Gowande, Gaurang; Dandekar, Nikhil; Ketkar, Makarand. (2022). link