[PDF][PDF] Morphological studies on the systematics of South East Asian water monitors (Varanus salvator complex): nominotypic populations and taxonomic overview

A Koch, M Auliya, A Schmitz, U Kuch, W Böhme - Mertensiella, 2007‏ - academia.edu
Abstract The South East Asian water monitor, sometimes referred to as Varanus salvator
(subspecies) complex, is the most widespread species among all varanids. Despite its …

A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

VA Gorin, EN Solovyeva, M Hasan, H Okamiya… - PeerJ, 2020‏ - peerj.com
Frogs of the genus Microhyla include some of the world's smallest amphibians and
represent the largest radiation of Asian microhylids, currently encompassing 50 species …

First record of the Island Wolfsnake, Lycodon capucinus, from New Guinea, with comments on its widespread distribution and confused taxonomy, and a new record …

M O'Shea, KI Kusuma, H Kaiser - 2018‏ - wlv.openrepository.com
We report the first records of the Island Wolfsnake, Lycodon capucinus (H. Boie in F. Boie
1827) at Timika, Mimika Regency, Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. These are of …

Insights into Himalayan biogeography from geckos: a molecular phylogeny of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

I Agarwal, AM Bauer, TR Jackman… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The India–Asia collision profoundly influenced the climate, topography and
biodiversity of Asia, causing the formation of the biodiverse Himalayas. The species-rich …

Islands as biological substrates: continental

JR Ali - Journal of Biogeography, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Describe the main geo‐physical features of the various sorts of marine islands that are
associated with the continents and consider how the ontogenetic pathways of each …

[HTML][HTML] New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura …

SD Biju, S Garg, G Gokulakrishnan, S Chandrakasan… - Zootaxa, 2020‏ - mapress.com
The taxonomy of the Asian tree frog genus Feihyla has been in a state of flux ever since its
proposal in 2006. Allocation of species to Feihyla remains confusing, particularly with …

A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)

SR Chandramouli, K Vasudevan, S Harikrishnan… - ZooKeys, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new bufonid amphibian, belonging to a new monotypic genus, is described from the
Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, Republic of India, based on unique external …

Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species

I Das, PG Shankar, P Swamy, RC Williams… - European journal of …, 2024‏ - diva-portal.org
The taxonomy of king cobras (Ophiophagus) was reevaluated using qualitative, mensural
and meristic characters, based on 148 entire and five skeletal specimens, and supported by …

[HTML][HTML] A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae)

G Vogel, P David - Zootaxa, 2012‏ - mapress.com
Morphological variation was investigated across the entire geographic range of the snakes
of the Xenochrophis piscatorspecies group. Our results, based on morphological univariate …

Venomics of the Enigmatic Andaman Cobra (Naja sagittifera) and the Preclinical Failure of Indian Antivenoms in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

S Attarde, S Khochare, A Iyer, P Dam… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an abode to a diversity of flora and fauna, including
the many endemic species of snakes, such as the elusive Andaman cobra (Naja sagittifera) …