Publications

  • Borah, P. K., Sabharwal, S., Grismer, L. L., & Datta‐Roy, A. (2025). Long‐Distance dispersal explains the contemporary distribution of a peninsular Indian endemic skink. Zoologica Scripta. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70006
  • Borah, P. K., Grismer, L. L., Das, A., Purkayastha, J., Deuti, K., Lalremsanga, H. T., & Datta-Roy, A. (2024). What is Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1854 “1853”) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)? Validating cryptic diversity and the designation of a neotype. Zootaxa, 5543(4), 579–590. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.4.5
  • Datta-Roy, A., Brandley, M.C., Austin, C.C., Bauer, A.M., Harris, D.J., Carranza, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., De Silva, A., Tolley, K.A., Karanth, K.P. and Sil, M. (2024), The Contemporary Distribution of Scincine Lizards Does Not Reflect Their Biogeographic Origin. J Biogeogr.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15061
  • Ghosh, A., Marathe, A., Cyriac, V. P., Umesh, P. K., Kulkarni, V. M., & Datta-Roy, A. (2024). A Lankan invasion? An intriguing case of the presence of a Sri Lankan endemic skink on the southwestern Indian Coast. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2024.2383215
  • Sahoo, B., Ramakrishnaiah, S., Dharma Rajan, P., Datta-Roy, A. (2024). Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a unique species from India. Asian Myrmecology, 17: 017003, (1-7). http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/am.017003.html
  • Cyriac, V., Ganesh, S., Madani, Z., Ghosh, A., Kulkarni, V., & Shanker, K. (2024). Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
  • Sahoo, B., Ramakrishnaiah, S., Dharma Rajan, P., Datta-Roy, A. (2023). A New Species of Army Ant Genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 25(3), 615–622. https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v25i3.2504
  • Ghosh, A., Sil, M., Ukuwela K.B., Datta-Roy, A. (2023) Independent origins or single dispersal? Phylogenetic study supports early Cenozoic origin of three endemic Indo-Sri Lankan Lygosomine skink genera. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12635
  • Majhi, K, Sil, M., Datta-Roy, A. (2023) A novel anti-predatory mechanism in Indrella ampulla (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae). Journal of threatened Taxa (JOTT) 15(8): 23819–23821. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8309.15.8.23819-23821
  • Caleb J.T.D, Parag, A., Datta-Roy, A. (2023) A new species of the genus Siler Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini) from India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 209-216.
  • Agashe, M., Ghosh, A., Dilshad, N. K., Sil, M., & Datta-Roy, A. (2023). New distribution records of two uncommon microhylid frogs, Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878 and Mysticellus franki Garg & Biju, 2019 from Nelliyampathy, Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(3), 22900–22904. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8300.15.3.22900-22904
  • Abinesh, A., Satyaswarup, A., & Vishnu, C. S. (2023). Observations on the spontaneous expression of some traits as a possible response to predators in Sarada superba (Squamata: Agamidae), Maharashtra, India. Sauria, 45(1), 51–58.
  • Tripathy, A., Parag, A., Priyadarshini, D. (2023). New distributional record of velvet ant- mimicking spider Coenoptychus pulcher, Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Eastern India with notes on morphology and distribution. Munis Entomology and Zoology, 18(1): 235-240.
  • Dinesh, K. P., Channakeshavamurthy, B. H., Deepak, P., Shabnam, A., Ghosh, A., & Deuti, K. (2022). Discovery of a new species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the western coastal plains of Peninsular India. Zootaxa, 5100(3), 419–434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.6
  • K.P., Dinesh & B.H, Chennakeshavamurthy & Deepak, P. & Ghosh, A. (2021). ‘Endangered’ or ‘Near Threatened’, distribution status of Karaavali Skittering frog from the west coast of peninsular India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 121. 355-361.
  • Chapple, D. G., Roll, U., Böhm, M., Aguilar, R., Amey, A. P., Austin, C. C., … Datta-Roy, A., … & Meiri, S. (2021). Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation, 257, 109101.
  • Dinesh, K. P., Channakeshavamuerthy, B. H., Deepak, P., Ghosh, A., & Deuti, K. (2021). Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zootaxa, 4990(2). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.7
  • Ganesh, S. R., Srikanthan, A. N., Ghosh, A., Adhikari, O. D., Kumar, S. V. V., Datta-Roy, A. (2021) . A new species of Asian gracile skink (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Subdoluseps) from the rain-shadow belts of Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa. 2021 Mar;4950(2):zootaxa.4950.2.7. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.7.
  • Borah, P. K., Ghosh, A., Sahoo, B., & Datta-Roy, A. (2020). A frog that eats foam: predation on the nest of Polypedates sp. (Rhacophoridae) by Euphlyctis sp. (Dicroglossidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(14), 17041-17044.
  • Chaitanya, R., Giri, V. B., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Murthy, B. H. C. K., & Karanth, P. (2019). Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa, 4688(1), 1-56.
  • Wang, Kai, Jing Che, Simin Lin, V. Deepak, Datta-Roy Aniruddha, Ke Jiang, Jieqiong Jin, Hongman Chen, & Siler, C. D. (2019). “Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura sl.(Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia.” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185, no. 1: 246-267.
  • Lajmi, A., Datta-Roy, A., Vyas, R., Agarwal, I., & Karanth, P. (2018). The curious case of Hemidactylus gujaratensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa, 4388(1), 137-142.
  • Datta-Roy, Aniruddha, Veerappan Deepak, R. Chaitanya, Channakeshva Murthy, Harshal Bhosale, Aparna Lajmi, Praveen Karanth, Krushnamegh Kunte, & Giri, V. (2017). “On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum.” Salamandra 53, no. 3: 389-397.
  • Gower, D. J., Agarwal, I., Karanth, K. P., Datta‐Roy, A., Giri, V. B., Wilkinson, M., & San Mauro, D. (2016). The role of wet‐zone fragmentation in shaping biodiversity patterns in peninsular India: insights from the caecilian amphibian Gegeneophis. Journal of Biogeography, 43(6), 1091-1102.
  • Datta-Roy, A., Deepak, V., Sidharthan, C., Barley, A. J., & Karanth, K. P. (2015). An addition to the endemic Indian radiation of Eutropis: Phylogenetic position of Eutropis dissimilis Hallowell (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa, 4027(1), 145-150.
  • Barley, A. J., Datta‐Roy, A., Karanth, K. P., & Brown, R. M. (2015). Sun skink diversification across the Indian–Southeast Asian biogeographical interface. Journal of Biogeography, 42(2), 292-304.
  • Datta-Roy, A. (2014). Nature watch. Resonance, 19(8), 753-763.
  • Datta-Roy, A., Singh, M., & Karanth, K. P. (2014). Phylogeny of endemic skinks of the genus Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from India suggests an in situ radiation. Journal of Genetics, 93(1), 163-167.
  • Datta-Roy, A., Das, I., Bauer, A. M., Tron, R. K. L., & Karanth, P. (2013). Lizard wears shades. A spectacled Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae), from the sacred forests of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, North-east India. Zootaxa, 3701(2), 257-276.
  • Datta-Roy, A., Mohapatra, P. P., Dutta, S. K., Giri, V. B., Veerappan, D., Maddock, S. T., … & Karanth, P. (2013). A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa, 3670(1), 055-062.
  • Datta-Roy, A., Singh, M., Srinivasulu, C., & Karanth, K. P. (2012). Phylogeny of the Asian Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals an ‘into India’ endemic Indian radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63(3), 817-824.
  • Agarwal, I., Datta-Roy, A., Bauer, A. M., & Giri, V. B. (2012). Rediscovery of Geckoella jeyporensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with notes on morphology, coloration and habitat. Hamadryad, 36(1), 17-24.
  • Datta-Roy, A., & Karanth, K. P. (2009). The Out-of-India hypothesis: What do molecules suggest?. Journal of biosciences, 34(5), 687-697.