Publications

2026

  • Sahoo, B., Ramakrishnaiah, S., & Datta-Roy, A. (2026). A Rare Case of the Presence of Ocelli in a Worker of Aenictus pachycerus (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sociobiology, 73(1), e11801.

  • Sahoo, B., Sahanashree, R., Kumaran, N.M., Priyadarsanan, D.R. and Datta-Roy, A., (2026). Two new species of army ants belonging the genus Aenictus (Shuckard, 1840) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Eastern Ghats of India. Asian Myrmecology, 19, p.e019003.

2025

  • Sahoo, B., Sahanashree, R., Rajan, P. D., & Datta-Roy, A. (2025). First Confirmed Record of Aenictus piercei (Wheeler and Chapman, 1930), and a New Record of Aenictus hodgsoni (Forel, 1901), from Mainland India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 

  • Krishnan, G., Sil, M., Aravind, N. A., Umapathy, G., & Datta-Roy, A. (2025). Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genome Assemblies of Indrella ampulla, a Terrestrial Gastropod Endemic to the Western Ghats. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(11).

  • 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.

2024

  • 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.

  • 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. Journal of Biogeography, 52(3), 767–779.

  • 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).

  • 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).

2023

  • 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, 53, 113–128. 

  • 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.

  • 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.

2022

  • 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.

2021

  • 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).

  • 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).

2020

2019

  • 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.

Prior to 2019

  • 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., 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.

  • 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.