Selected Publications

  • 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.
  • 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.