Volume 9-14 (2020-26)
v12i1.303ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.303
Submitted date: 20 July 2022
Accepted date: 29 December 2022
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 33
The highest elevation record of river tern (Sterna aurantia) in the Indus River Basin
D. Sengupta*, Y. Upadhyay & T.R. Bhattacharya
*Corresponding author. E-mail: debaprasad.sengupta40@hotmail.com
The river tern (Sterna aurantia) is considered to be a globally vulnerable species. It is a native breeding resident of eastern and central Pakistan, Pan India (except the Trans-Himalayan region), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. It is a non-breeding resident in Nepal, southern Bhutan, Laos and Vietnam with vagrant records from Afghanistan and Iran. It breeds on sandy islands in freshwater lakes and rivers, and rarely estuaries.
Section Editor: Sumudu Fernando
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.303
Submitted date: 20 July 2022
Accepted date: 29 December 2022
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 33
The highest elevation record of river tern (Sterna aurantia) in the Indus River Basin
D. Sengupta*, Y. Upadhyay & T.R. Bhattacharya
*Corresponding author. E-mail: debaprasad.sengupta40@hotmail.com
The river tern (Sterna aurantia) is considered to be a globally vulnerable species. It is a native breeding resident of eastern and central Pakistan, Pan India (except the Trans-Himalayan region), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. It is a non-breeding resident in Nepal, southern Bhutan, Laos and Vietnam with vagrant records from Afghanistan and Iran. It breeds on sandy islands in freshwater lakes and rivers, and rarely estuaries.
Section Editor: Sumudu Fernando
v12i1.302ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.302
Submitted date: 7 September 2022
Accepted date: 29 March 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 30–32, pls. 18–19
Distribution and natural history notes on the herpetofauna of Ladakh, India
D.A. Patel*, C. Ramesh, S. Ghosal & P. Raina
*Corresponding author. E-mail: dmp8266@gmail.com
The Himalayas is the highest and youngest mountain range in the world. It provides unique habitat characteristics and is home to a unique assemblage of flora and fauna. There is very little information on the herpetofauna and their ecology in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Ladakh, located in an area of rain shadow, is characterized by extreme weather, climate, and terrain and relatively lower species richness. The region’s elevation ranges from 2,700 m to over 7,000 m a.s.l. and the annual precipitation is ~90–110 mm while the temperature ranges from -30 oC in winters to 30 oC in the summers.
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.302
Submitted date: 7 September 2022
Accepted date: 29 March 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 30–32, pls. 18–19
Distribution and natural history notes on the herpetofauna of Ladakh, India
D.A. Patel*, C. Ramesh, S. Ghosal & P. Raina
*Corresponding author. E-mail: dmp8266@gmail.com
The Himalayas is the highest and youngest mountain range in the world. It provides unique habitat characteristics and is home to a unique assemblage of flora and fauna. There is very little information on the herpetofauna and their ecology in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Ladakh, located in an area of rain shadow, is characterized by extreme weather, climate, and terrain and relatively lower species richness. The region’s elevation ranges from 2,700 m to over 7,000 m a.s.l. and the annual precipitation is ~90–110 mm while the temperature ranges from -30 oC in winters to 30 oC in the summers.
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
v12i1.301ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.301
Submitted date: 21 March 2023
Accepted date: 29 April 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 29
Second report of striped grass skink (Eutropis trivittata) from Gujarat, India
H. Patel*, D. Chauhan & R. Vyas
*Corresponding author. E-mail: harshilpatel121@gmail.com
The striped grass skink, Eutropis trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) is a wide ranging skink, distributed in northern and eastern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepa. The nomen of the species had a murky taxonomic history and for a considerable time period it was known by a junior subjective synonym, E. dissimilis, which was rectified by Amarasinghe et al. (2022). The present communication is the first record of the species from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state, India. In Gujarat, the species was previously reported from Central Gujarat, based on one specimen found three decades ago.
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.301
Submitted date: 21 March 2023
Accepted date: 29 April 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 29
Second report of striped grass skink (Eutropis trivittata) from Gujarat, India
H. Patel*, D. Chauhan & R. Vyas
*Corresponding author. E-mail: harshilpatel121@gmail.com
The striped grass skink, Eutropis trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) is a wide ranging skink, distributed in northern and eastern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepa. The nomen of the species had a murky taxonomic history and for a considerable time period it was known by a junior subjective synonym, E. dissimilis, which was rectified by Amarasinghe et al. (2022). The present communication is the first record of the species from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state, India. In Gujarat, the species was previously reported from Central Gujarat, based on one specimen found three decades ago.
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
v12i1.300ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.300
Submitted date: 5 August 2022
Accepted date: 29 January 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 28
New records of hump-nosed viper Hypnale nepa from the Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
P.A.B.P. Abeyrathne*, R.A.G.N. Ranatunga, S.S. Abayaratne & S.K. Bandara
*Corresponding author. E-mail: babeyrathne@sci.sjp.ac.lk
The Sri Lankan Hump-nosed Viper, Hypnale nepa (Laurenti, 1768) is an endemic species restricted to montane regions above 900 m in Sri Lanka. The Horton Plains is a national park and a montane forest (alt. 2,100–2,300 m a.s.l.) mostly covered by wet grasslands. Faunal surveys carried out in the Horton Plains have so far recorded only three species of snakes: Aspidura trachyprocta, A. copei, and Ptyas mucosa. Herein, we confirm a fourth snake species, and the first photographic
evidence of the occurrence of H. nepa from the Horton Plains, based on two observations made during random visits.
Section Editor: Gernot Vogel
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.300
Submitted date: 5 August 2022
Accepted date: 29 January 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 28
New records of hump-nosed viper Hypnale nepa from the Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
P.A.B.P. Abeyrathne*, R.A.G.N. Ranatunga, S.S. Abayaratne & S.K. Bandara
*Corresponding author. E-mail: babeyrathne@sci.sjp.ac.lk
The Sri Lankan Hump-nosed Viper, Hypnale nepa (Laurenti, 1768) is an endemic species restricted to montane regions above 900 m in Sri Lanka. The Horton Plains is a national park and a montane forest (alt. 2,100–2,300 m a.s.l.) mostly covered by wet grasslands. Faunal surveys carried out in the Horton Plains have so far recorded only three species of snakes: Aspidura trachyprocta, A. copei, and Ptyas mucosa. Herein, we confirm a fourth snake species, and the first photographic
evidence of the occurrence of H. nepa from the Horton Plains, based on two observations made during random visits.
Section Editor: Gernot Vogel
v12i1.299ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.299
Submitted date: 24 June 2022
Accepted date: 23 April 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 26–27, pls. 15–17
First record of the cobweb spider (Steatoda erigoniformis) from India
R. Tripathi*, A.K. Jangid, U. Bhagirathan & A.V. Sudhikumar
*Corresponding author. E-mail: rishikeshtripathi14@gmail.com
There are three species of the Genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833) distributed on the Indian subcontinent. Here, we report the first record of S. erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) from India, specifically from Maharashtra and Rajasthan states. Previously, this species was known from Central Asia and China, but now its range extends south to Central India.
Section Editor: Francesco Ballarin
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.299
Submitted date: 24 June 2022
Accepted date: 23 April 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 26–27, pls. 15–17
First record of the cobweb spider (Steatoda erigoniformis) from India
R. Tripathi*, A.K. Jangid, U. Bhagirathan & A.V. Sudhikumar
*Corresponding author. E-mail: rishikeshtripathi14@gmail.com
There are three species of the Genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833) distributed on the Indian subcontinent. Here, we report the first record of S. erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) from India, specifically from Maharashtra and Rajasthan states. Previously, this species was known from Central Asia and China, but now its range extends south to Central India.
Section Editor: Francesco Ballarin
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