Mountains on the west coast of India are known as Western Ghat (WG). The WG region has a landslide (LS) susceptibility index four and is prone to LSs in monsoon season due rainfall activity. LS study focuses area between 15.5–20.5° N, 72.5–77.0° E Maharashtra state. A catalog 115 events been prepared by collecting data for 17 years (2000–2016) from various sources. windward leeward side mountai...

Blyth’s Swift, endemic to the Indian subcontinent, is one of four taxa Pacific Swift Apus pacificus complex. It known breed in high altitudes (>2,000 m) and disperse widely winters, as far southern extremity Nilgiri Region Western Ghats India. However, true extent its non-breeding range remains uncertain. The present study reports extended breeding species also an attempt confirm using Speci...

The study of some museum collections with materials collected in India resulted the descriptions a new species genus Paramolotra Tong & Li, from West Bengal (the was previously known only China), as well Aprusia Simon, and also female kerala Grismado Deeleman, Western Ghats region, which had been described on basis two male specimens, shows remarkably genital configuration for whole family....

Abstract The diving beetle genus Peschetius Guignot, 1942 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in India is reviewed. Integrative taxonomic approach using morphology, multivariate morphometry and genetic analysis of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 revealed the presence four species, two which are described here as new: bistroemi sp. nov. from southern Western Ghats (Kerala) differs all known congeners with dis...

Amorphophallus commutatus ( Araceae) a rare cormous herb endemic to western ghats has been used by the tribes of sitamata wild life sanctuary, Rajasthan, India and tribes living in the Western Ghats, India for various ailments. The current study was carried out with an objective to investigate the enzymatic and non enzymatic contents of the tuber and leaves of the plant adopting eight enzymatic...

Meistera aculeata (Roxb.) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman (Zingiberaceae, subfamily - Alpinioideae) a lesser known species, has been located from the Palakkad (Palghat) Gap region in Walayar Hill ranges of southern Western Ghats and reported here as an addition to flora Kerala. A detailed taxonomic description along with photographs are provided.

The butterfly fauna of Silent Valley National Park (SVNP) and its buffer zone in Kerala is discussed. Of the 335 species listed from Western Ghats (WG) 326 Kerala, 269 were recorded inside boundaries core SVNP, while an additional 21 confirmed making a total 290 as aggregate for SVNP environs. This included 19 Papilionidae, 26 Pieridae, 85 Nymphalidae, one Riodinidae, 82 Lycaenidae, 77 Hesperii...

Ipomoea laxiflora, a species usually found in northern India and Deccan peninsula was collected from Ahwa of Dangs district (Western Ghats) Lafni & Munjka villages Rajkot (semiarid region) Gujarat state for the first time. A detailed description, distribution, conservation status, photographs are provided to facilitate identity I. laxiflora field.

Abstract A new large (94–107mm SVL) species of gecko the genus Hemidactylus is described from drier parts Western Ghats India. The closely related to H. graniticolus , which it can be distinguished based on dorsal pholidosis at mid-body, structure tubercles dorsum, tail. also 6.6–7.2% divergent in ND2 mitochondrial gene.