Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Saikia, Bhaskar

• Detailed Study on Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) (Amphibia:Anura: Rhacophoridae) - An Extremely Rare and Endemic Species of North-East India

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Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Rita Deb ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 439-444

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The three species of frogs under the Genus Philautus reported from Meghalaya are Philautus kempiae, P. namdaphaensis and P. garo. While P. kempiae is endemic to Meghalaya, P. namdaphaensis has also been reported from Arunachal Pradesh, and P. garo from Assam and Nagaland. All these three species are decidedly rare as they are not encountered in the field generally. This could be one of the contributing factors for the dearth of information or any studies related to these species. The present paper deals with a detailed morphological study on 6 specimens of P. garo.

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• Mathew, R & Sen, N. 2010. Pictorial Guide to the Amphibians of North East India, Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata : 96.
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• Range Extension of Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009) (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Meghalaya, India

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Rita Deb ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 3 (2016), Pagination: 317-319

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The genus Raorchestes was erected by Biju et al. (2010) and is represented by 51 species in India (Frost, 2015). In North East India, this genus is represented by 4 species (R. annandalii, R. manipurensis, R. sahai and R. shillongensis) (Mathew&Sen, 2010). Among these mentioned species, R. manipurensis was recently described by Mathew and Sen (2009) from Manipur from a single specimen that is deposited in the National Zoological Collection (V/A/ERS/ZSI/810) of Zoological Survey of India, Shillong. Till date this species is known from its type locality only. The current study pertains to a male frog collected from Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary located in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya on 11 June, 2013.

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• New Record of Duttaphrynus mizoramensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) (Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae) in Tripura, India

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 3 (2016), Pagination: 321-322

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The genus Duttaphrynus is represented by nineteen species in India (Frost, 2016). In North East India there are twelve species (Duttaphrynus himalayanus, D. kiphirensis, D. macrotis, D. mamitensis, D. manipurensis, D. melanostictus, D. mizoramensis, D. nagalandensis, D. scaber, D. stomaticus, D. stuarti and D. wokhaensis) under the same genus (Mathew & Sen, 2010).

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• Checklist of Endemic Amphibians of Northeast India

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 91-93

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A checklist pertaining to the endemic amphibians of Northeast India is complied. As of 2016, the Northeast India harbours 53 endemic species of Amphibians represented by 11 species of Order Gymnophiona and 42 species of Oder Anura. There is no endemic amphibian of Order Caudata from Northeast India.

Keywords

Northeast India, Endemic Amphibia, Biodiversity Hotspot, ZSI Shillong, etc.

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References

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• Kamei, R.G., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D.J. & Biju, S.D. 2009. Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland. Zootaxa, 2267, 26–42.
• Mathew, R., and Sen. N. 2009a. On the occurrence of Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal and Rhacophorus naso Annandale (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Meghalaya, north eastern India. Cobra. Chennai 2: 14–16.
• Mathew, R and N. Sen, 2009b. Studies on Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) of North East India with description of three new species of Ichthyophis from Garo Hills, Meghalaya and additional information on Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 309:1-56. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata)
• Mathew, R and N. Sen, 2010. Pictorial Guide to Amphibians of North East India: 1- 144. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
• Saikia, B. 2012. Occurrence of Amolops assamensis Sengupta et. al. 2008 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) and Polypedates assamensis Mathew & Sen 2009 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Meghalaya. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 112 (4): 127-128.
• Saikia, B. and Sen. N. 2012. Additional Information of Xenophrys zunhebotoensis, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophyridae) and range extension in Meghalaya. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 112 (3): 123-124.
• Subramanian, K.A., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., 2013. Atlas of Endemic Amphibians of Western Ghats: 1-246, (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata)

• "Taxonomic Studies on Anuran Amphibians of North East India Present in the Unidentified Collection of NERC/ZSI, Shillong"

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Jennifer Lyngdoh ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 433-442

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North East India comprises of eight hilly states. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Assam. This region is bordered by five countries viz. China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The topography of the entire region consists of tall, snow clad mountains of Arunachal to the floodplains of the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam to the rain lashed hills of Meghalaya. The region varies not only in topography but in tribes, customs and wildlife. At the centre of a major biodiversity region, North East India is also known for its varied amphibian diversity. In fact, North East India falls under two biodiversity hotspots: Himalaya & Indo-Burma (http://www. conservation.org). Altogether, 119 species of amphibians were reported from the region recently (Mathew & Sen, 2010), which is increasing year after year.

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• Occurrence of Amolops assamensis Sengupta et. al., 2008 (Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae) and Polypedates assamensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 (Amphibia:Anura:Rhacophoridae) in Meghalaya

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong - 793 003, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 4 (2012), Pagination: 127-128

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The genus Amolops is represented by six species (A. assamensis, A. formosus, A. gerbillus, A. marmoratus, A. monticola & A. viridimaculatus) in North East India (Mathew & Sen, 2010). Sengupta et al. (2008) described Amolops assamensis from Assam. The author came across a total of three specimens of Amolops assamensis from the unidentified holding of NERC/ZSI, Shillong. Two specimens (V/A/ERS/ZSI/911) were collected from Mawshamok village, near the living ischolar_main bridge in August, 2009 and one specimen (V/A/ERS/ZSI/901) was collected from Lawbah forest area, 13 kms ahead of Mawsynram, in March, 2010 from East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. (Plate-I & II).

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• Additional Information on Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew & Sen, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) and Range Extension in Meghalaya, India

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Nibedita Sen ¹

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1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong-793003, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 123-124

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The genus Xenophrys is represented by 9 species (X. boettgeri, X. glandulosa, X. kempii, X. major, X. parva, X. robusta, X. serchhipii, X. wuliangshanensis, and X. zunhebotoensis) in North East India (Mathew & Sen, 2010). Recently, 2 new species of Xenophrys, X. serchhipii and X. zunhebotoensis were described from Mizoram and Nagaland, respectively (Mathew & Sen, 2007). So far, these 2 new species are known from their type locality only.

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• First Record of the Nepal Cricket Frog, Fejervarya nepalensis (Dubois, 1975) from Meghalaya, North East India

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Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Bhaskar Saikia ¹

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1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 286-288

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Five species i.e, Fejervarya nepalensis, F. pierrei, F. sengupti, F. syhadrensis and F. teraiensis are present in North East India. The species F. nepalensis is reported for the first time from Meghalaya.

Keywords

First Record, Meghalaya, Nepal Cricket Frog, North East India.

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• Systematic List of Genus Megophrys Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia : Anura : Megophryidae) in Meghalaya, North-East India with a discussion on the Distribution of M. wuliangshanensis Ye and Fei, 1995 in India

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Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Bhaskar Saikia ², Rita Deb ²

Affiliations
1 North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong – 793014, Meghalaya, IN
2 Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai – 600028, Tamil Nadu, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 44-52

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The recent descriptions and range extensions of many species of genus Megophrys have raised the number of species in Meghalaya from two to eight. While M. boettgeri was removed from the faunal list of India in 2013, a recent report on its occurrence in Meghalaya needs to be verified. Considerable doubts have been raised regarding the range extension of M. wuliangshanensis into India in recent years. Discussions on the distributional records of this species from India are provided and re-examination of a few specimens identified as M. wuliangshanensis by previous workers have also been done. A common name for M. oropedion is also proposed.

Keywords

Amphibia, Distributional, Megophrys boettgeri, Shyllong Horned Toad.

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• Saikia, B. and Sen, N. 2012. Additional information on Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew & Sen, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophyridae) and range extension in Meghalaya, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 112(3): 123-124.
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• On A Report of Pterorana khare Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Bandarkhal, Southern Assam, India

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Imtiaz Imam ¹

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1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Risa Colony, Shillong – 793003, Meghalaya, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 307-309

Abstract

Report of any threatened taxon is important from both taxonomic and conservation point of view. Pterorana khare is a vulnerable species of frog. It has been reported from a few disjunctive pockets of all the North-East India states, except Tripura. Besides, there are single reports of this species from Bangladesh and Myanmar. In Assam, this species was previously reported from Nameri National Park on the north bank of River Brahmaputra, while from the south bank, we are reporting it for the first time, based upon specimens collected from Barail Wildlife Sanctuary.

Keywords

Barail, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Range Extension, North-East India

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• First report of Megophrys pachyproctus Huang, 1981 (Anura: Megophyridae) from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Authors

Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Bikramjit Sinha ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Risa Colony, Shillong – 793003, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki Valley, Itanagar – 791113, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 4 (2018), Pagination: 430-436

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The endemic Asian megophryid genus Megophrys is represented by a total of 77 species of which 14 are reported to occur in India. Due to its close proximity to China, Arunachal Pradesh- the easternmost state of India- is believed to harbor many species of amphibians endemic to China. One such Megophrys species endemic to China, Megophrys pachyproctus, is reported herein this paper as the first record for India, based on a single specimen collected from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Ziro Valley of Arunachal Pradesh.

Keywords

Arunachal Pradesh, New Country Record, North-East India, Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Ziro Valley.

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• Description of Nanorana conaensis (Fei and Huang, 1981) (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) reported from Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Authors

Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Bikramjit Sinha ², K. P. Dinesh ³, Mukesh Thakur ⁴

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Risa Colony, Shillong – 793003, Meghalaya, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki Valley, Itanagar-791113, Arunachal Pradesh, IN
3 Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidyanagar, Pune-411 044, Maharashtra, IN
4 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 120, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 49-54

Abstract

The dicroglossid frog Nanorana conaensis was described from the high elevation mountain ranges of Tibet about three decades ago. Recently this species was reported from India as a first record for India. In the present account, detailed morphological data, genetic data and phylogenetic status has been provided with a photograph of live animal in order to facilitate easy identification of the species from India.

Keywords

Nanoranna conaensis, Morphology, Arunachal Pradesh, Phylogenitic Status.

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• Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Kharkongor, I. J. 2017b. Odorrana arunachalensis - A New Species of Cascade Frog from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Bioresources, 4(2): 30-41.
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• Additions to the Amphibian fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, India, Eastern Himalaya

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Bhaskar Saikia ¹, Mahendra Devanda ², S. D. Gurumayum ², Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor ¹, Bikramjit Sinha ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki Valley, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 118-121

Abstract

The amphibian diversity of Arunachal Pradesh has increased by 3 species after studying the backlog collection of APRC/ZSI, Itanagar. The 3 species belongs to 3 genera, 3 families and 1 order. Of the 3 species, 1 species is least concern, 1 is data deficit and 1 not evaluated as per IUCN.

Keywords

Anura, APRC, New State Records, Taxonomy, ZSI.

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