studies on the biometric parameters of a species to have an important role in its population or stock management and conservation. present study investigated the morphometric, meristic, length-weight relation (lwrs), length-length relation (llrs) and growth status (k and kn) of the redline torpedo barb, p. denisonii collected during august 2012 to july 2013 from river valapattanam, kerala. the ...

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.

background: investigation on the natural radionuclides 238u, 232th, 40k and natural fallout radionuclide 210po in the prominent plants species of western ghats tropical forest near kotagiri have been carried out as a part of baseline background radiation studies in the forest environment. materials and methods: the prominent plants species of the region evodia roxburghiana and eleaocarpus oblan...

The Indian brown mongoose, Herpestes fuscus is among the six species of mongoose found in India. can be distinguished from other by its dark fur, black legs and thick, furry conical tail. Brown has a restricted disjunct distribution, with two populations nominate H. f. Western Ghats (Karnataka Kerala) Southern India three subspecies along western coast Sri Lanka. In southern India, been recorde...

The Western Ghats of India harbors a rich diversity of amphibians with more than 77% species endemic to this region. At least 42% of the endemic species are threatened due to several anthropogenic stressors. However, information on amphibian diseases and their impacts on amphibian populations in this region are scarce. We report the occurrence of Batrachochytridium dendrobatidis (Bd), an epider...

A new species of Cyrtodactylus is described from the southern Western Ghats India. It distinguished all ­ collegalensis complex in colour pattern and resembles Srilankan endemic C. yakhuna overall colouration. Phylogenetic analysis mitochondrial ND2 DNA sequences indicates that most closely related to differs them by an uncorrected pairwise genetic distance 10.5–12.9%.

The Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus (Family Nyctibatrachidae) represents an endemic anuran lineage of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, India. Until now, it included 28 recognised species, of which more than half were described recently over the last five years. Our amphibian explorations have further revealed the presence of undescribed species of Nights Frogs in the southern Western Gha...