A new species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger (Amphibia: Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from the surroundings of Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1914 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. DINESH ◽  
C. RADHAKRISHNAN ◽  
GOPALAKRISHNA BHATTA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Femoral Glands ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwestern India

A new species of Indian nyctibatrachid frog, Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis sp. nov. (Amphibia: Anura), is described from the montane Shola forests of Dattatreya Peeta, Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary, Karnataka, southwestern India, on the basis of unique combination of characters: head wider than long; skin on the dorsum highly wrinkled with transverse corrugated folds; three discontinuous longitudinal folds, one dorsolaterally and two laterally; webbing on toes medium (3/ 4 th ); two yellowish bands on the dorsolateral area, prominent from sub-adult to adult stage; femoral glands present. The largest specimen in the type series has a snout-vent length of 41.0 mm. A revised key to the species of Nyctibatrachus is provided.

MEMECYLON NERVOSUM (MELASTOMATACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTH INDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-411
Author(s):  
R. G. Vadhyar ◽  
J. H. F. Benjamin ◽  
K. A. Sujana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
South India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
A New Species

Memecylon nervosum Vadhyar, J.H.F.Benj. & Sujana, a new species of Melastomataceae from the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. It is compared with the closely allied Memecylon heyneanum Benth. and Memecylon jambosioides Wight.

A new species of Litsea (Lauraceae) from Kerala part of Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 303 (3) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
ALOOR JOSE ROBI ◽  
PUNNAKKAL SREEDHARAN UDAYAN ◽  
HSI-WEN LI ◽  
JIE LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Litsea from India is described and illustrated. Litsea indoverticillata is recognized from the Malabar Wildlife sanctuary of Nilgiri phytogeographical zone of southern Western Ghats. It is distinguished from the closely related L. quinqueflora and L. verticillata by straggling shrub habit; 7–15 mm long, glabrous petiole, chartaceous and glabrous leaves, glabrous midrib; 15–24 pairs of lateral veins; solitary, glabrous, and pruinose inflorescence; greenish-white to whitish flowers.

A new species of Theretra Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
YASH SONDHI ◽  
IAN J. KITCHING ◽  
DIPENDRA NATH BASU ◽  
KRUSHNAMEGH KUNTE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Male Genital Morphology ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A new species of the genus Theretra Hübner [1819], Theretra shendurneensis sp. nov., is described from Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats, India, based on external and internal morphology, and genetic markers. The new species is compared in external and male genital morphology, genetic divergence and geographic range with three similar and closely related species: T. boisduvalii (Bugnion, 1839), T. sumatrensis (Joicey and Kaye, 1917) and T. rhesus (Boisduval, [1875]). Recent changes to the classification of Theretra are discussed and rejected. 

scholarly journals A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 926 ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Thy Neang ◽  
Adam Henson ◽  
Bryan L. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
White Band ◽  
Conservation Threats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Yellowish White

Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is described from Phnom Chi, an isolated mountain in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. The new species is recognized by having a unique combination of morphological characters, including snout-vent length 76.1–80.7 mm; paravertebral tubercles 31–36; ventral scales 45–54; enlarged femoral scales 0–8, without pores; enlarged precloacal scales 7–10, bearing pores 4–5 in males, pits 1–7 in females; the posterior border of nuchal loop unbroken and pointed, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by a broad yellow or yellowish white band; and yellow spots on top of head. The new species also represents a divergent mitochondrial DNA lineage within the C. irregularis complex that is closely related to C. ziegleri, but the phylogenetic relationships among the new species and two divergent mitochondrial subclades within C. ziegleri are not resolved based on available sequence data. Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensissp. nov. is the only member of the C. irregularis complex known to occur west of the Mekong River. The new species may be endemic to Phnom Chi, and likely faces imminent conservation threats.

Revision of Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae), with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4350 (2) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
PUTHOOR PATTAMMAL SUDHIN ◽  
KARUNNAPPILLI SHAMSUDHEEN NAFIN ◽  
AMBALAPARAMBIL VASU SUDHIKUMAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

The monotypic genus Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 is revised. We present fresh specimens of Hindumanes karnatakaensis (Tikader & Biswas, 1978), the type species, and describe Hindumanes wayanadensis sp. nov. from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. This paper provides the first description of the male of H. karnatakaensis and a redescription of its female. We also transfer the genus from Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015 to Lyssomaninae Blackwall, 1877. The relationship between Hindumanes and Lyssomanes Hentz, 1845 and the zoogeography of the subfamily are discussed. The distribution records of the genus are mapped. 

Hopea sasidharanii (Dipterocarpaceae)—a new species from southern Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 429 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
ALOOR JOSE ROBI ◽  
PUTHIYAPURAYIL SUJANAPAL ◽  
VADAKKETHIL BALAKRISHNAN SREEKUMAR ◽  
MADAMBI SANKARANKUTTY SANIL ◽  
KUTTIKKATTU JOSE DANTAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the important timber trees family Dipterocarpaceae, Hopea sasidharanii Robi & Sujanapal, from Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala, India is described and illustrated.

A new species of Luisia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae) from the Western Ghats of India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 387 (4) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
SUBBIAH KARUPPUSAMY ◽  
VELLINGIRI RAVICHANDRAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Luisia megamalayana (Orchidaceae) is described and illustrated from Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of southern Western Ghats of India.

scholarly journals A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4778 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-342
Author(s):  
VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC ◽  
SURYA NARAYANAN ◽  
FILIPA L. SAMPAIO ◽  
PAVUKANDY UMESH ◽  
DAVID J. GOWER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis is described based on a type series of seven recently collected specimens from the Wayanad region of the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Rhinophis melanoleucus sp. nov. is diagnosed based on a combination of 15 dorsal scale rows at (or just behind) midbody, more than 215 ventral scales and a long rostral. The new species also has a distinctive (mostly black and white) colouration. A new key to the identification of Indian species of Rhinophis is provided. 

scholarly journals Diospyros udaiyanii (Ebenaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.S. Udayan ◽  
A.V. Raghu ◽  
S. Noorunisa Begum ◽  
A.K. Pradeep
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
A New Species

Diospyros udaiyanii, a new species from Kakkayam forest of Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats of Kerala, India is described and illustrated. It is closely allied to D. pilosiusculata G. Don. in its stunted habit, smaller, glabrous leaves and large broad 4 or 5 glabrous calyx lobes with long pedicel, the absence of tomentose hairs on twigs, petiole, pedicel, calyx and leaf margin.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 22(2): 83-86, 2015 (December)

Eugenia sphaerocarpa (Myrtaceae), a new species from Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 442 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
RAKESH G. VADHYAR ◽  
K. A. SUJANA ◽  
J. H. FRANKLIN BENJAMIN ◽  
G.V. S. MURTHY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Lemon Yellow ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Eugenia sphaerocarpa, from Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary of Kozhikode district in Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. It has some morphological similarities with Eugenia codyensis, but characteristically differs by having obconic hypanthium, round staminal disk and glossy lemon-yellow coloured fruits. Palynological studies evidenced that the new species have cryptic androdioecy, a feature that is reported in Indian Eugenia for the first time.

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