The genus Minervarya is among the most widely distributed, commonly occurring, and
taxonomically confusing groups of dicroglossid frogs in India. Recent studies have provided …

Lizards of the genus Calotes are geographically restricted to South Asia, Indo-China and
parts of Southeast Asia. The greatest diversity of the genus is from the biodiversity hotspots …

The evolutionary success of anurans can be partially explained by the occurrence of free‐
living larvae. Tadpoles occupy several distict habitats, including the terrestrial environment …

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 …

We report four new species of geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from the
northern Western Ghats, India. Cnemaspis limayei sp. nov. is diagnosable by the following …

Abstract The Western Ghats (WG) is an escarpment on the west coast of Peninsular India,
housing one of the richest assemblages of frogs in the world, with three endemic families …

The genus Raorchestes is a large radiation of Old World tree frogs for which the Western
Ghats in Peninsular India is the major center for origin and diversification. Extensive studies …

Dahanukar et al.(2016a) proposed the nomen Walkerana for a new genus of amphibians,
but shortly after (2016b) they replaced it by the new nomen Sallywalkerana, believing that …

The term “integrative taxonomy”, or the use of multiple lines of evidence in the delimitation
and naming of new species, was independently introduced in two papers in 2005. This …

Aim In the absence of topographic barriers to dispersal, spatial boundaries of species are
largely governed by the environmental regimes they occupy. Flying lizards (Agamidae …