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 |