Volume 9-14 (2020-26)
v13i1.319ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.319
Submitted date: 10 April 2024
Accepted date: 15 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 16–24, pl. 8.
MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF PYTHON SPECIES (SQUAMATA: PYTHONIDAE) FROM MIZORAM, NORTHEAST INDIA, WITH COMMENTS ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Hmar T. Lalremsanga*, Annie Malsawmkimi, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Muansanga, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lal Biakzuala & Olivier S.G. Pauwels
*Corresponding author. E-mail: opauwels@naturalsciences.be
Abstract
Pythonidae, an ancient group of Old World, wide-ranging, constrictor snakes, are known to contain a high degree of cryptic diversity. India harbours three python species, Python molurus, P. bivittatus, and Malayopython reticulatus. The former two species are not uncommon within their respective distribution range in India, but occurrence of the latter has only been confirmed in the Nicobar Islands, and there are two orphaned records from eastern West Bengal. We confirm the occurrence of P. bivittatus and M. reticulatus in Northeast India based on genetics using the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and morphological characters. Our study reveals multiple lineages among M. reticulatus, corroborating previous studies, and further reveals the absence of a barcode gap between sequences submitted as P. molurus and P. bivittatus among the sampled DNA sequences, and an unexpected lineage of Northeast Indian P. bivittatus based on a sample divergent from the East and Southeast Asian populations that will need further systematic assessment.
Key words : Burmese python, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, reticulated python, wildlife forensic
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.319
Submitted date: 10 April 2024
Accepted date: 15 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 16–24, pl. 8.
MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF PYTHON SPECIES (SQUAMATA: PYTHONIDAE) FROM MIZORAM, NORTHEAST INDIA, WITH COMMENTS ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Hmar T. Lalremsanga*, Annie Malsawmkimi, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Muansanga, Fanai Malsawmdawngliana, Lal Biakzuala & Olivier S.G. Pauwels
*Corresponding author. E-mail: opauwels@naturalsciences.be
Abstract
Pythonidae, an ancient group of Old World, wide-ranging, constrictor snakes, are known to contain a high degree of cryptic diversity. India harbours three python species, Python molurus, P. bivittatus, and Malayopython reticulatus. The former two species are not uncommon within their respective distribution range in India, but occurrence of the latter has only been confirmed in the Nicobar Islands, and there are two orphaned records from eastern West Bengal. We confirm the occurrence of P. bivittatus and M. reticulatus in Northeast India based on genetics using the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and morphological characters. Our study reveals multiple lineages among M. reticulatus, corroborating previous studies, and further reveals the absence of a barcode gap between sequences submitted as P. molurus and P. bivittatus among the sampled DNA sequences, and an unexpected lineage of Northeast Indian P. bivittatus based on a sample divergent from the East and Southeast Asian populations that will need further systematic assessment.
Key words : Burmese python, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, reticulated python, wildlife forensic
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
v13i1.318ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.318
Submitted date: 10 January 2024
Accepted date: 21 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 9–15, pls. 6–7.
A FURTHER TAXONOMIC REASSESSMENT OF Cyrtodactylus madarensis SHARMA, 1980 (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) NOW IN THE GENUS Eublephairs Gray, 1827 (SQUAMATA: EUBLEPHARIADE)
Zeeshan A. Mirza*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: snakeszeeshan@gmail.com
Abstract
A recent phylogenetic study identified the population of Eublepharis Gray, 1827, from Rajasthan (India) as a distinct taxon from Eublepharis macularius (Blyth, 1854). A taxonomic reassessment of the population based on literature, existing museum material and molecular data allowed me to assign the name Eublepharis madarensis (Sharma, 1980) to this population. A redescription and rediagnosis of the species are presented based on museum material and images of uncollected individuals. A discussion on the assignment of the nomen ‘madarensis’ is presented. The species appears to be distributed along the Aravalli hills, and most records of the species lie outside of protected areas.
Key words : Eublepharidae, India, Sauria, synonymy, taxonomy
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.318
Submitted date: 10 January 2024
Accepted date: 21 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 9–15, pls. 6–7.
A FURTHER TAXONOMIC REASSESSMENT OF Cyrtodactylus madarensis SHARMA, 1980 (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) NOW IN THE GENUS Eublephairs Gray, 1827 (SQUAMATA: EUBLEPHARIADE)
Zeeshan A. Mirza*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: snakeszeeshan@gmail.com
Abstract
A recent phylogenetic study identified the population of Eublepharis Gray, 1827, from Rajasthan (India) as a distinct taxon from Eublepharis macularius (Blyth, 1854). A taxonomic reassessment of the population based on literature, existing museum material and molecular data allowed me to assign the name Eublepharis madarensis (Sharma, 1980) to this population. A redescription and rediagnosis of the species are presented based on museum material and images of uncollected individuals. A discussion on the assignment of the nomen ‘madarensis’ is presented. The species appears to be distributed along the Aravalli hills, and most records of the species lie outside of protected areas.
Key words : Eublepharidae, India, Sauria, synonymy, taxonomy
Section Editor: Thasun Amarasinghe
v13i1.317ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.317
Submitted date: 10 January 2024
Accepted date: 21 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 1–8, pls. 1–5.
A NEW MONTANE-DWELLING SPECIES OF Japalura GRAY, 1853 (SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE) FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
Zeeshan A. Mirza*, Gaurang Gowande, Tejas Thackeray, Harshal Bhosale, Mandar Sawant, Pushkar Phansalkar & Harshil Patel
*Corresponding author. E-mail: snakeszeeshan@gmail.com
Abstract
The montane agamid lizard Japalura austeniana (Annandale, 1908), is rare and is distributed across parts of the eastern Himalayas of India and China. Support from molecular and morphological data provide evidence for the existence of a species complex in the populations referred to as that binomen, and we here describe a morphologically cryptic allied new species. Evidence from molecular data suggests the presence of additional undescribed species across the distribution of that species complex. Elevation might be the restricting factor for gene flow explaining most of the diversification of that montane species complex across the Himalayas.
Key words : Agamidae, biodiversity hotspot, biogeography, conservation, Himalayas, systematics
Section Editor: Ivan Ineich
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i1.317
Submitted date: 10 January 2024
Accepted date: 21 May 2024
Published date: 30 May 2024
Pp. 1–8, pls. 1–5.
A NEW MONTANE-DWELLING SPECIES OF Japalura GRAY, 1853 (SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE) FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
Zeeshan A. Mirza*, Gaurang Gowande, Tejas Thackeray, Harshal Bhosale, Mandar Sawant, Pushkar Phansalkar & Harshil Patel
*Corresponding author. E-mail: snakeszeeshan@gmail.com
Abstract
The montane agamid lizard Japalura austeniana (Annandale, 1908), is rare and is distributed across parts of the eastern Himalayas of India and China. Support from molecular and morphological data provide evidence for the existence of a species complex in the populations referred to as that binomen, and we here describe a morphologically cryptic allied new species. Evidence from molecular data suggests the presence of additional undescribed species across the distribution of that species complex. Elevation might be the restricting factor for gene flow explaining most of the diversification of that montane species complex across the Himalayas.
Key words : Agamidae, biodiversity hotspot, biogeography, conservation, Himalayas, systematics
Section Editor: Ivan Ineich
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
v12i2.316eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i2.316
Submitted date: 5 December 2022
Accepted date: 10 November 2023
Published date: 18 November 2023
Pp. 111–114.
An account of family Orchidaceae in a part of Northern Western Ghats India
M.M. Bhagwat, D.M. Mahajan* & M. Kulkarni
*Corresponding author. E-mail: mahajandm@gmail.com
The Western Ghats of India is known across the world as a biodiversity hotspot due to its rich plant and animal diversity. Orchids are most abundant in this humid tropical and subtropical region. India has 1331 orchid species distributed over 186 genera, of which 400 are endemic. Many orchid species have been reported from Mulshi (alt. 600–1,131 m a.s.l.) which falls in the Northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Recently, Jalal & Jayanthi (2018, 2019) recorded 32 genera and 107 species of orchids from the northern Western Ghats. The vegetation is diverse from moist to dry deciduous forests with some semi evergreen elements and open grasslands.
Section Editor: Pankaj Kumar
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i2.316
Submitted date: 5 December 2022
Accepted date: 10 November 2023
Published date: 18 November 2023
Pp. 111–114.
An account of family Orchidaceae in a part of Northern Western Ghats India
M.M. Bhagwat, D.M. Mahajan* & M. Kulkarni
*Corresponding author. E-mail: mahajandm@gmail.com
The Western Ghats of India is known across the world as a biodiversity hotspot due to its rich plant and animal diversity. Orchids are most abundant in this humid tropical and subtropical region. India has 1331 orchid species distributed over 186 genera, of which 400 are endemic. Many orchid species have been reported from Mulshi (alt. 600–1,131 m a.s.l.) which falls in the Northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Recently, Jalal & Jayanthi (2018, 2019) recorded 32 genera and 107 species of orchids from the northern Western Ghats. The vegetation is diverse from moist to dry deciduous forests with some semi evergreen elements and open grasslands.
Section Editor: Pankaj Kumar
v12i2.315eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i2.315
Submitted date: 7 July 2022
Accepted date: 31 October 2023
Published date: 18 November 2023
Pp. 106–110, Pls. 31–32.
Rediscovery and amended description of Strobilanthes humilis (Acanthaceae)
S. Thomas, P.A. Krishnapillai, S.J. Britto & Bince Mani*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: binsnm@gmail.com
Strobilanthes Blume consists of approximately 350 species, chiefly distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Asia but extending to the Pacific islands. Approximately 150 species of Strobilanthes are reported from India and, among them, around 70 species are restricted to South India. In the course of a floristic survey in the Megamalai Hills of Tamilnadu in 2016–2017, we collected a remarkable specimen of Strobilanthes, which was characterized by having viscous uninterrupted spikes with a subventricose corolla. Since it has spicate inflorescences, 5-partite calyces, two fertile stamens, and densely hygroscopic-pubescent seeds, the material belongs to the S. kunthiana group. After a critical examination of relevant literature and herbarium materials it was found that the specimen matches the type of S. humilis, hence our collections are the first verified collection after its type collections in 1836.
Section Editor: Wendy A. Mustaqim
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i2.315
Submitted date: 7 July 2022
Accepted date: 31 October 2023
Published date: 18 November 2023
Pp. 106–110, Pls. 31–32.
Rediscovery and amended description of Strobilanthes humilis (Acanthaceae)
S. Thomas, P.A. Krishnapillai, S.J. Britto & Bince Mani*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: binsnm@gmail.com
Strobilanthes Blume consists of approximately 350 species, chiefly distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Asia but extending to the Pacific islands. Approximately 150 species of Strobilanthes are reported from India and, among them, around 70 species are restricted to South India. In the course of a floristic survey in the Megamalai Hills of Tamilnadu in 2016–2017, we collected a remarkable specimen of Strobilanthes, which was characterized by having viscous uninterrupted spikes with a subventricose corolla. Since it has spicate inflorescences, 5-partite calyces, two fertile stamens, and densely hygroscopic-pubescent seeds, the material belongs to the S. kunthiana group. After a critical examination of relevant literature and herbarium materials it was found that the specimen matches the type of S. humilis, hence our collections are the first verified collection after its type collections in 1836.
Section Editor: Wendy A. Mustaqim
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