scholarly journals A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 7971 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Nameer
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Kerala State

<p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>

scholarly journals A checklist of birds of Kerala, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 7983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen J
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Kerala State

<p>A checklist of birds of Kerala State is presented in this paper.  Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the birds of Kerala are also given.  The State of Kerala has 500 species of birds, 17 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 24 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN.</p><div> </div>

scholarly journals A checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 8023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Das
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Kerala State

<p>A checklist of amphibians of Kerala State is presented in this paper.  Accepted English names, scientific binomen,  vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the amphibians of Kerala are also given.  The State of Kerala has 151 species of amphibians, 136 of which are endemic to Western Ghats and 50 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>

scholarly journals A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 7971 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Nameer
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Kerala State

<p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>

scholarly journals A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 13992-14009
Author(s):  
Manokaran Kamalakannan ◽  
Paingamadathil Ommer Nameer
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Vernacular Names ◽  
Tamil Nadu State ◽  
Complete Bibliography ◽  
The Western Ghats

A checklist of mammals of Tamil Nadu State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Tamil, IUCN conservation status, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, the appendices in the CITES, endemism, the distribution of species in India, the Western Ghats & plains of Tamil Nadu, and the complete bibliography pertaining to the 132 species of mammals of Tamil Nadu are given.

scholarly journals A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 8010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamed Jafer Palot
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
The Western Ghats

<p>A checklist of reptiles of Kerala State is presented, along with their Scientific, English and Malayalam names, endemic status, conservation status in the latest IUCN Red List category, different Schedules of Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Appendices of CITES.  A total of 173 species under 24 families belonging to three orders are recorded from Kerala.  Of these, 87 species are endemic to the Western Ghats, which include the 10 Kerala endemics.  Of the 173 species, 23 are listed in the various threatened categories of IUCN.</p><div> </div>

scholarly journals Legumes of Kerala, India: a checklist

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 18257-18282
Author(s):  
Anoop P. Balan ◽  
S.V. Predeep
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
The State ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
The Western Ghats

A checklist of the legumes of Kerala State is presented.  This exhaustive checklist is an outcome of extensive field surveys, collection, identification and documentation of family Leguminosae carried out across Kerala State during the period 2006–2019.  A total of 448 taxa were recorded under five subfamilies and 115 genera.  The majority of the legumes are herbs and shrubs, the rest being trees and woody climbers.  About 81 taxa are endemic to India, especially confined to the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, out of which 17 are endemic to  Kerala.  The state is home to two Critically Endangered and six Endangered legumes, facing severe threat of extinction.  Crotalaria is the dominant legume genus in the state with 62 taxa followed by Desmodium and Indigofera.  About 57 genera are represented by single species each.  Legumes are treated according to the latest phylogenetic classification of the Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG).  Updated nomenclature, habit, native countries, voucher specimens, and images of endemic and lesser known legumes found in the state are provided.  Crotalaria multiflora var. kurisumalayana (Sibichen & Nampy) Krishnaraj & N. Mohanan is reduced as a synonym to C. multiflora (Arn.) Benth.

scholarly journals Distribution and population status of Kingiodendron pinnatum (Angiosperms: Fabaceae) an endemic and endangered legume tree in southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 11963
Author(s):  
P. A. Jose ◽  
Siju Tom Kuruvila ◽  
N. M. Binoy
Keyword(s):  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Population Analysis ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Endangered Tree ◽  
Height Range ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Patchy Populations ◽  
Kerala State

An extensive survey and population analysis of the endemic and endangered tree Kingiodendron pinnatum, was carried out in the Kerala area of the Western Ghats. The aim was to assess the pattern of distribution, population size and natural regeneration of the species. The fragmented and patchy populations of the species are distributed in evergreen/semi evergreen habitats within an altitudinal range of 176-680m elevation. The tree attained a first layer/canopy species with a height range from 24–30m. Altogether 17 populations were identified and mapped in 13 forest locations in the region.  A total of 140 adult individuals of the species were enumerated within the 13 forest locations. Natural regeneration of the species recorded from three zones among the 13 forest locations covering 21,000m2 area representing the Kerala state.  The flowering trees displayed a height and dbh range of 10-30m and 85-320cm, respectively. The individuals are spatially arranged in aggregation among patchy populations. The populations are well represented by reproductive individuals with 77% and pre reproductive with 23%. Seedlings of 35.9% attained a height below 1m and 64.01% of a height above 1m. Considering the extent of distribution in the state, increase in the number of mature individuals (in addition to the enumerated area), and fair count of seedlings suggests a healthier conservation status of the species in the region. The economic and medicinal values, occurrence of isolated and fragmented populations, irregularities in the flowering and fruiting period among populations, however, extends urgent concerns over the pollination biology, detection of diverse genotypes subsequent multiplication and restoration of dwindling populations for the effective conservation and management of the species in situ. 

scholarly journals A note on the current distribution of reedtail damselfly Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Western Ghats, and its addition to the odonate checklist of Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17548-17553
Author(s):  
Kalesh Sadasivan ◽  
Muhamed Jafer Palot
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Original Description ◽  
The State ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
The Western Ghats

The genus  Protosticta (Odonata, Zygoptera, Platystictidae) is represented by nine species in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, of which seven are reported for the state of Kerala.  Our recent records of Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958 from the Western Ghats of Kerala State is discussed, and despite a thorough literature search no collection records or photographs of the species has been found after the original description from Tamil Nadu.  The species is, thus, added to the checklist of odonates of Kerala State. The description of the live insect, its ecology, status and distribution is discussed. 

scholarly journals A checklist of the vertebrates of Kerala State, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 7961 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Nameer ◽  
Praveen J ◽  
A. Bijukumar ◽  
Muhamed Jafer Palot ◽  
Sandeep Das ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Made In

<p>Following the first publication on vertebrates of India (Blanford 1888–1890), a huge wealth of information has been compiled on the vertebrate fauna of various biogeographic zones of the country, especially the Western Ghats.  The state of Kerala comprising of a land area of 38,863km<sup>2</sup>, 590km coastline, an intricate system of backwaters along the coast, tropical moist forests of the Western Ghats, the highly undulating terrain, and the tropical monsoon is a unique geographical and environmental entity rich in biodiversity.  A region-specific checklist that summarises and documents the current status of vertebrate diversity provides benchmark data for documentation and appreciation of biodiversity at regional level.  Further, with the current rate of global biodiversity loss and concordant conservation efforts, the taxonomic community has a greater responsibility to make scientific information available to scientists, policy makers, politicians, research students and all relevant stakeholders, an attempt that has been made in the present paper.  The State of Kerala has 1847 species of vertebrates in 330 families and 81 orders, of which 386 are endemic to the Western Ghats region (of the Western Ghats - Sri Lanka Hotspot), and 205 species as threatened. Six hundred and eighty species of vertebrates of Kerala have been listed in the various schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, while 148 are listed in the different appendices of CITES. </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals A review on status of mammals in Meghalaya, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 14955-14970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Wansaindor Lyngdoh ◽  
Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara ◽  
P.V. Karunakaran ◽  
Santhanakrishnan Babu
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Distribution ◽  
Wildlife Protection ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Near Threatened

In this paper we present an updated checklist of mammals found in Meghalaya.  Using online databases and search engines for available literature, we provide the scientific names, accepted English names, conservation status as per IUCN Red List, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, appendices in CITES, local distribution status, endemism, last reported sighting, an account of previous studies carried out relative to mammals and a tentative bibliography of the mammalian species found in Meghalaya.  A total of 162 species were found to be existing in the state with Chiropterans forming the largest group and 27 species found to be threatened, seven Near Threatened and seven Data Deficient.

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