scholarly journals Leucobryum aduncum var. scalare (Leucobryaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the Eastern Ghats

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Biju ◽  
Albert Ebenezer Dulip Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Photo Plate ◽  
The Western Ghats

Leucobryum aduncum var. scalare, so far known from the Northeast and the Western Ghats for India, is added here to the moss flora of the Eastern Ghats. A detailed description with figures substantiated by a photo plate and a key to distinguish the species of Leucobryum Hampe from the region.

scholarly journals The little-known Fissidens axilliflorus Thwaites & Mitt. (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the moss flora of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Sreebha ◽  
A E D Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Flora Of India ◽  
Photo Plate ◽  
The Western Ghats

Fissidens axilliflorus, so far known from Sri Lanka and Laos, has been discovered in the Western Ghats in India. A description with line drawings, a photo plate and a key to distinguish F. axilliflorus from the similar F. crenulatus are provided.

scholarly journals Inventory of teloganodid mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from southern India with records of endemic taxa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 11800
Author(s):  
C. Selvakumar ◽  
K. G. Sivaramakrishnan ◽  
T. Kubendran ◽  
Kailash Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Present Pattern ◽  
The Western Ghats

The present study deals with diagnostic characters, diversity, distribution and status of seven species belonging to four genera of Teloganodidae from southern India.  Six of them are endemic to the Western Ghats as is the genus Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 and one is endemic to the Eastern Ghats.  Due to this high percentage of endemism, conservation of habitats and microhabitats harbouring this ancient gondwanan lineage gains priority.  A larval key to the known genera and species of Teloganodidae of southern India is also provided.  The present pattern of distribution of the family Teloganodidae is confined to southern Africa, Madagascar, southern India and Southeast Asia. 

scholarly journals The moss genus Regmatodon Brid. (Regmatodontaceae) - new to the Eastern Ghats

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-441
Author(s):  
A E Dulip Daniels ◽  
P M Biju ◽  
V Asha
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Central India ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
The Himalaya ◽  
The Western Ghats

Regmatodon orthostegius Mont. was earlier reported from Central India, the Himalaya, Northeast India and the Western Ghats in India. However, while collecting bryophytes from the Eastern Ghats, the authors came across a moss which was later identified as Regmatodon orthostegius which is a new distributional record for this genus as well. A detailed description with figure and photographic plates is provided.

scholarly journals Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 16123-16135 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.R. Ganesh ◽  
Bhupathy S. ◽  
P. Karthik ◽  
Babu Rao ◽  
S. Babu
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Deccan Plateau ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Reptilian Species ◽  
Coromandel Coast

We list the herpetological voucher specimens in the holdings of the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), a wildlife research institute in India.  Most of the collections are the fruition of fieldwork by SACON’s herpetologist and a coauthor of this work—late Dr. Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014).  Taxonomically, the collection represents 125 species, comprising 29 amphibian species belonging to eight families and 96 reptilian species belonging to 17 families.  Geographically, the material in this collection originates from the Western Ghats, the Eastern Ghats, the Deccan Plateau, and the Coromandel Coast, comprehensively covering all ecoregions of peninsular India.  A total of 15 taxa (three amphibians, 12 reptiles) remain to be fully identified and are provisionally referred to most-resembling taxa, with cf. prefix.  All the specimens in this collection are non-types as on date.              

scholarly journals Pterobryopsis kegeliana (Müll. Hal.) M. Fleisch. and P. scabriuscula (Mitt.) M. Fleisch. - new to the moss flora of the Eastern Ghats

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-205
Author(s):  
A E Dulip Daniels ◽  
P M Biju ◽  
V Asha
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Ghats

Pterobryopsis kegeliana (Müll. Hal.) M. Fleisch., so far known from Pachmarhi and the Western Ghats in India, and P. scabriuscula (Mitt.) M. Fleisch., known from the Western Ghats, Sri Lanka and Thailand (?), are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Ghats. A perusal of literature revealed that Meteorium scabriusculum Mitt., the holotype of P. scabriuscula, collected by Law from Concan, presumed to be a place in Thailand by Noguchi refers to only the present-day Konkan region in Peninsular India. Hence, the distribution of P. scabriuscula is amended here. Detailed descriptions with figures and photographic plates are provided.

scholarly journals REDESCRIPTION OF Lycodon travancoricus (BEDDOME, 1870) (REPTILIA : COLUBRIDAE), AN INDIAN ENDEMIC SNAKE, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
S.R. Ganesh ◽  
A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe ◽  
Gernot Vogel ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Western Ghats

We redescribe the poorly-known peninsular India endemic colubrid snake Lycodon travancoricus based on its traceable syntype. We elaborate on the geographic range of the species and reveal its distribution in several disjunct hill ranges scattered across its range – the Western Ghats, the Eastern Ghats and the Central Indian Highlands. Discussions about a suggested relegation of its status as a subspecies of the widespread L. aulicus are revisited, in light of new knowledge on the species complex to which it belongs. Our perusal of extralimital records allocated to this species reveals frequent incorrect identification and provenance of specimens. Our results bolster the view that the existing diagnosis is sufficient to distinguish this species from regional congeners supporting its continued recognition as a valid species restricted to peninsular India.

Rhynchosia jacobii Chandrab. & B.V. Shetty (Leguminosae): An Addition to the Flora of Eastern Ghats, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-371
Author(s):  
Jetti Swamy ◽  
◽  
Ladan Rasingam ◽  
Pooja R. Mane ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Photo Plate

Rhynchosia jacobii Chandrab. & B.V. Shetty is an endemic species of Western Ghats is reported here as a new addition to the Flora of Eastern Ghats, collected from Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The detailed description and photo plate is provided for easy identification.

A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4802 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-462
Author(s):  
ISHAN AGARWAL ◽  
AARON M BAUER ◽  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species from within the South Asian clade of the polyphyletic gekkonid genus Cnemaspis from the Velikonda Range, in the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. The new species is the smallest known Indian gekkonid and can be diagnosed from all Indian congeners by its small body size (SVL <29 mm), the absence of spine-like scales on flank, heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis, presence of precloacal pores and no femoral pores in males, tail with enlarged, strongly keeled, conical tubercles forming whorls, median row of sub-caudals smooth and slightly enlarged, and a distinct colour pattern. This is the 12th species of Cnemaspis to be described from outside the Western Ghats and is the first endemic from the Velikonda region of the Eastern Ghats. The new species is only known from its type locality, a lowland riparian habitat (<200 m asl.) in dry evergreen forest at the base of a ~1200 m asl. peak. This discovery extends the range of the genus in peninsular India by ~130–150 kilometres to the northeast and suggests the genus is likely to be even more widely distributed than understood. The new species is clearly allied to C. mysoriensis, C. otai and C. yercaudensis with which it shares superficial colour pattern and similar body size, but is the first species from outside the Western Ghats in which males lack femoral pores. 

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