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Ghosh, A., Ranjith, A., & Sengupta, J. (2026). A review of the rare subgenus Carinichelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of one new species. Zootaxa, 5768(3), 392-400.
Chandramouli, S.R. (2026). Systematic review of the insular endemic lizard genus Coryphophylax Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with the description of a new species from Car Nicobar, India. Zootaxa, 5768(2), 193-215.
Venu, G., Balakrishna, G. N., Gadha, L. K., Raju, N. G., Cyriac, V. P., Seetharama, H. G., ... & Ganesh, S.R. (2026). Report of colour polymorphism and range extension in two poorly known species of Indian Rhinophis (Squamata: Uropeltidae). Zootaxa, 5777(2), 307-326.
Ganesh, S.R., Jukenti, N., Blessy, J., Ramamoorthy, D., Chinnathambi, E., Rebecca, E.L., Pavadai, R., Janagiraman, V. and Vijayakumar, V.D.S. (2026). A preliminary study on the sea snake bycatches (Serpentes: Hydrophis) across time and space in the Coromandel Coast of southeastern India. Hamadryad, 42(1&2).
Naveen, R. S., Mirza, Z. A., Choure, G., & Chandramouli, S. R. (2025). A ‘Crikey’ new snake: An insular Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, India. Evolutionary Systematics, 9, 221-228.
Venugopal, M., Pushkaran, P., Pradeep, N. S., Ranjith, A. P., Jose, A., & Mahendiran, G. (2025). Alcidodes erosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a new species from India feeding on Hopea erosa (Bedd.) Slooten, a critically endangered tree species of the Western Ghats. Zootaxa, 5701(4), 483-491.
Ranjith, A. P., & Kedar, S. C. (2025). New species of Lemophagus Townes, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) from India reared as a larval parasitoid of Crioceris nigroornata Clarke, 1866 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98: 743-755.
Ranjith, A.P., Satheesan, S. K., & Quicke, D. L. (2025). Generic reclassification and new species level synonymy of the fig associated wasp Ficobracon kallithi Binoy, van Achterberg & Sureshan, 2025 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa, 5737(2): 294-296.
Ranjith, A. P., Quicke, D. L., Chansri, K., & Butcher, B. A. (2025). Chelonastichus Ranjith & Quicke, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Tetrastichinae) from Thailand: the first eulophid with a metasomal carapace. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98: 499-507.
Ranjith, A. P., Quicke, D., & Butcher, B. A. (2025). A Second Species of the Rogadine Genus, Batothecoides Watanabe, 1958 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History, (8): 149-159.
Ranjith, A. P., Broad, G. R., Santos, B. F., & Butcher, B. A. (2025). First report of the genus Heinrichiellus Tereshkin, 2009 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Oriental region with the description of three new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98: 757-778.
Narayanan, S., Priyadarsanan, D. R., Ranjith, A. P., Sahanashree, R., & Neelavar Ananthram, A. (2025). Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of a long-lost Typhloperipatus williamsoni Kemp, 1913 (Onychophora: Peripatidae) after 111 years from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Natural History, 59(17-20): 1167-1180.
Cyriac, V. P., Umesh, P. K., Achyuthan, N. S., Kulkarni, V., & Ganesh, S. R. (2025). A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) from Siruvani Hills, Western Ghats, India. Evolutionary Systematics, 9: 191-201.
Chandramouli, S. R., Mondal, U., & Prasad, K. D. (2025). Expanded description and natural history of two insular Microhylid frogs of India, Microhyla chakrapanii (Pillai, 1977) and M. nakkavaram Garg, Chandrakasan, Gokulakrishnan, Chandramouli & Biju, 2022 with notes on breeding biology and larval morphology. Zoologischer Anzeiger.
Gowri Shankar, P., Prashanth, P., & Ganesh, S. R. (2025). Record size and weight of the Western Ghats King Cobra Ophiophagus kaalinga. ZOO'S PRINT, 40(12), 15-17.
Sushanth, S., Praphul, G., Ganesh, S. R., Molur, S., Kumara, H. N., & Singh, M. (2025). Impact of linear infrastructure and landscape characteristics on wildlife roadkill in the Nelliyampathy Hills, Western Ghats, India. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 25333.
Abinesh, A., Naveen, R., Srikanthan, A., Babu, S., & Ganesh, S.R. (2025). Code-compliant description of a recently identified distinct Dravidogecko species from Coonoor, Western Ghats, India (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Bionomina, 42(1), 76-86.
Rahul, P., Sadasivaiah, B., & Ganesh, S. R. (2025). Aberrant hood-like markings on the posterior body of a Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja). Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), e23018-e23018.
Faustina, R. & Ganesh, S. R. (2025). Observations on cats and crows attacking free-ranging snakes near homesteads in Chennai. ZOO'S PRINT, 40(6), 10-13.
Soman, C.S., A. Sarsavan & S. R. Ganesh (2025). Preserving breeding habitats in socio-ecological systems: insights from the stenotopic toad species Duttaphrynus hololius. Current Science, 128 (10): 1019-1025.
Kodeeswaran, V., B. Ramakrishnan & S.R. Ganesh (2025). A preliminary study on the herpetofaunal diversity and distribution in Madurai hills across the Vaigai basin, southern India. Hamadryad, 41 (1&2): 19–27.
Ganesh, S.R., A. Vijayalakshmi & P.N. Deepthi. (2025). Catalogue of Indian Herpetological Specimens in Thiruvananthapuram Natural History Museum, Kerala, India. Hamadryad, 41 (1&2): 4–18.19(1): 48–58 (e341).
Madhu Mitha, B. Faustina Roberts & S.R. Ganesh. (2025). An overview on natural history data on Indian squamate reptiles furnished in the Fauna of British India series. Cheetal 62 (1): 31-37.
Sushanth, S. M.K. Darshan, S.R. Ganesh, Sanjay Molur, Honnavalli N. Kumara, & Mewa Singh (2025). Mass mortality of the endangered Purple Frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju and Bossuyt, 2003, in the Nelliyampathy Hills, Southern Western Ghats, India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 19(1): 48–58 (e341).
Ganesh, S.R. (2025). On a forgotten record of Stoke’s sea snake Hydrophis stokesii (Gray, 1846) from the Kerala Coast, southwestern India (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa, 5637(2), 394-398.
Ranjith, A.P. (2025). First record of the opiine genus, Carinopius Tan & van Achterberg, 2016 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Thailand with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5642(1): 089–095.
Parmar, DS., M. N. Thakur, A. S. Singh, S.R. Ganesh & Gernot Vogel. 2024. On the systematic position of the Western Ghats Bronzeback Dendrelaphis chairecacos (Boie, 1827) (Squamata: Colubridae) with range extension to Gujarat. Taprobanica, 13 (2): 62–68, pls. 9–11.
VARADARAJU & S.R. GANESH. 2024. Recovery and redescription of holotype of Calotes elliotti [sic] amarambalamensis Murthy, 1979 confirms its synonymy with Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864) (Squamata: Agamidae). Zootaxa 5551 (1): 197–200.
Das, I., Gowri Shankar, P. Swamy, P., Williams, R. C., Lalremsanga, H. T., Prashanth, P., Sahoo, G., Vijayakumar, S.P., Höglund, J., Shanker, K., Dutta, S.K., Ganesh S.R. & Wüster, W. (2024). Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 961, 1-51.
Janani, S. & Ganesh, S.R. (2024). Urban college campuses as safer refuge for wildlife perceived as dangerous: A case study on snakes in Madras Christian College, Chennai, India. Journal of Fauna Biodiversity, 1(2): 86-95.
De Souza, H. F., Pavukandy, U., & Ganesh, S.R. (2024). On further specimens of Dussumier’s Mud Snake Dieurostus dussumierii (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) with notes on its taxonomy, type material, and natural history (Reptilia: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). Zootaxa, 5496(2): 261-272.
Ganesh, S., Bhuvaneshwari, S., & Ganesh, S. R. (2024). Green cover may predict persistence of garden lizards in city parks of Chennai Metropolis, India: insights from a preliminary study. Zoo's Print, 39(7), 5-9.
Ganesh, S.R. (2024). Tail-wagging: a novel behaviour seen in the Indian day gecko Cnemaspis yelagiriensis. Sauria, 46(2), 47-51.
Aishwarya, G. & Ganesh, S.R. (2024). Inventory of nucleotides of Indian amphibians in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Cheetal, 61(2).
Swaathi, NA., Jaithun Bi, J. & Ganesh, S.R. (2024). Inventory of nucleotides of Indian lizards in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Cheetal, 61(2).
Parmar, D. S., Thakur, M. N., Agarwal, I., Ganesh, S. R, & Vogel, G. (2024). Report of stray sightings of Dendrelaphis proarchos (Wall, 1909)(Serpentes: Colubridae) in Surat, Gujarat, western India. Zootaxa, 5433(2), 231-248.
Ganesh, S. R. & Rameshwaran, M. (2024). On a specimen of Cnemaspis galaxia (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Rajapalayam hills, Western Ghats, India. Sauria, 46(1), 62-64.
Bors, M. S., Gowri Shankar, P., & Gruszczyńska, J. (2024). Current State of Mugger Populations. Animals, 14(5), 691
Ralph, R., Sharma, D., Jain, R., Balachandran, A., Chiang, Y. W., & Ganesh, S. R. (2024). Protobothrops jerdonii (Jerdon’s pit viper) and Protobothrops himalayanus (Himalayan lance-headed pit viper) bites: Clinical report on envenomings from North-East India, managed through remote consultation by a national-level Poison control center. Toxicon, 242, 107704.
Venu, G., Balakrishna, G. N., Chandrasekhara, V., Mallikarjuna, N. A., Seetharama, H. G., Raju, N. G., ... & Ganesh, S. R. (2024). On further specimens of the Spotted Eastern Ghats Skink Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ananthagiri hills, Northern Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5424(3), 396-400.
Ganesh, S. R., Swaathi, N. A., & Ravindra, U. (2024). Erode Ground Gecko Cyrtodactylus speciosus (Beddome, 1870) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from peri-urban common-lands of Coimbatore, India, with comments on habitat associations. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(2), 24769-24774.
Ganesh, S. R. (2023). Ten years of Kalinga Foundation–serving India’s wildlife and those who protect them. ZOO'S PRINT, 38(11), 40-43.
Ganesh, S. R., Adhikari, O. D., & Srikanthan, A. N. (2023). Taxonomy and Distribution of two Shieldtail Snakes Uropeltis pulneyensis (Beddome, 1863) and Uropeltis woodmasoni (theobald, 1876)(Squamata: Uropeltidae) with Redescriptions of type Specimens. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 120.
Mondal, S., Ganesh, S. R., & Raghunathan, C. (2023). Some rare species of sea snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae: Hydrophis,Microcephalophis) from the Indian Coasts and nearby waters, lodged in major systematic Indian zoological collections. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 72 (2), 209-222.
Sathyanarayana, M.C.S. & S.R. Ganesh (2023). First observation on multi-male nerophilic amplexus and mass mortality of amplectant adult females in the Common Asian Toads. Frogleg, 148. In: Zoo’s Print 38(10): 9–11.
Blessy, J. & S.R. Ganesh (2023). Observation on self-locking concertina climbing in the Common Indian Krait (Bungarus caeruleus [Schneider, 1801]). Sauria 45(3): 52–54.
Bors, M., N. Mohanty & G.S. Pogiri (2022). Comparison of diurnal and nocturnal escape behaviour of the lizard Monilesaurus rouxii (Reptilia: Agamidae). Herpetology Notes 15: 839–844.
Shankar, P.G., P. Swamy, R.C. Williams, S.R. Ganesh, M. Moss, J. Höglund, I. Das, G. Sahoo, S.P. Vijayakumar, K. Shanker, W. Wuster, & S.K. Dutta (2021). King or royal family? Testing for species boundaries in the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836), using morphology and multilocus DNA analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 165: 107300.
Bors, M., N.P. Mohanty & P.G. Shankar (2020). Anti-predatory sleep strategies are conserved in the agamid lizard Monilesaurus rouxii. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74: 1–8.