First record of tail bifurcation in Tokey Gecko (Gekko gecko) from the Kaziranga, Assam, India : a field observation

Gogoi, Manoj; Kundu, Sumanta; Goswami, Jadumoni; Saikia, Dibyajyoti; Pandey, Naveen

doi:10.52756/ijerr.2018.v15.002

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“…On 29 th November, 2014, the Rabha Hasong Joint Movement Committee submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India that stated "their rights over land have been snatched away and large scale land alienation has uprooted the Rabha people along with other tribal people from their homeland". In addition to this, they pointed out that "Goalpara district as the corridor of illegal immigrants and expressed their worries about the large scale occupation of the forest land" (Manoj Gogoi, 2018) [16] . Another aspect that led to a greater alienation and perception of marginalization among the tribal community is the 'big brother' attitude of the dominant Assamese community of the region.…”

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Understanding ethnicity and ground reality: A socio-political case study of the Rabha tribal community of Assam in their fight for sixth schedule

Gautam¹

2022

Int. J. Political Sci. Governance

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The North-eastern part of India is often viewed by the mainstream to be a conflicted zone, where issues pertain between the neighbouring states and more often than not, within a single state as well. The state of Assam is dissected into diverse groups of ethnicities which have long been subdued and their rights unrecognized and overlapped by the mainstream dominance of the Assamese community. Faced with enormous socio-economic backwardness, national and domestic politics; understanding the appeal and demands of the tribal community is greatly significant in history and shaping of policies and politics of the contemporary times. One such tribe within Assam is the Rabha Schedule Tribe community has been fighting for complete autonomy within the state itself since post-independence period. Therefore, the paper tries to understand the historical politics responsible for forming the basis of the present autonomy movement of the Rabha community. Moreover, it is evident that the state has not been ignorant on this front and have continuously taken measures for the betterment and upliftment of the community, however there still remains to be a larger dissatisfaction looming around among the Rabha community and its political associations. The reasons pertaining to this dissatisfaction and the gap that needs to be filled between the state and the community will be scrutinized through this paper. The main focus of the paper remains the beneficiaries; upholding their views on the movement and ensuring their needs being met in the ground reality; abstaining from forming prejudices and biases as the tribal community continuous to live with the Assamese community at large in the Goalpara district of Assam, the district majorly inhabited by the co-existence of Rabha tribal community and Assamese community. Keeping this in focus, the question that the paper answers is how the beneficiaries will benefit from a separate state that is currently being denied or whether it is a mere political motive of the people in authority.Keywords: Ethnicity, rabha tribal community, autonomy, rabha hasong autonomous council (rhac), all rabha students union (arsu), sixth schedule 1 According to Oxford Learners Dictionary, facts of belongingness depends on many factors such as class, gender, age and ethnicity.

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confidence: 99%

Understanding ethnicity and ground reality: A socio-political case study of the Rabha tribal community of Assam in their fight for sixth schedule

Gautam¹

2022

Int. J. Political Sci. Governance

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When one tail isn't enough: abnormal caudal regeneration in lepidosaurs and its potential ecological impacts

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Abnormal caudal regeneration, the production of additional tails through regeneration events, occurs in lepidosaurs as a result of incomplete autotomy or sufficient caudal wound. Despite being widely known to occur, documented events generally are limited to opportunistic single observations – hindering the understanding of the ecological importance of caudal regeneration. Here we compiled and reviewed a robust global database of both peer‐reviewed and non‐peer reviewed records of abnormal regeneration events in lepidosaurs published over the last 400 years. Using this database, we qualitatively and quantitatively assessed the occurrence and characteristics of abnormal tail regeneration among individuals, among species, and among populations. We identified 425 observations from 366 records pertaining to 175 species of lepidosaurs across 22 families from 63 different countries. At an individual level, regenerations ranged from bifurcations to hexafurcations; from normal regeneration from the original tail to multiple regenerations arising from a single point; and from growth from the distal third to the proximal third of the tail. Species showing abnormal regenerations included those with intra‐vertebral, inter‐vertebral or no autotomy planes, indicating that abnormal regenerations evidently occur across lepidosaurs regardless of whether the species demonstrates caudal autotomy or not. Within populations, abnormal regenerations were estimated at a mean ± SD of 2.75 ± 3.41% (range 0.1–16.7%). There is a significant lack of experimental studies to understand the potential ecological impacts of regeneration on the fitness and life history of individuals and populations. We hypothesised that abnormal regeneration may affect lepidosaurs via influencing kinematics of locomotion, restrictions in escape mechanisms, anti‐predation tactics, and intra‐ and inter‐specific signalling. Behaviourally testing these hypotheses would be an important future research direction.

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New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

Maglangit¹,

Tapdasan²,

Medija³

et al. 2021

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This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the endemic Mamanwa Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus mamanwa in the province of Dinagat. The detection of a new population on Unib Island in the southwestern Dinagat extends the previously known distribution of this gekkonid by approximately 100 km south from its known distribution.

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First record of tail bifurcation in Tokey Gecko (Gekko gecko) from the Kaziranga, Assam, India : a field observation

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Understanding ethnicity and ground reality: A socio-political case study of the Rabha tribal community of Assam in their fight for sixth schedule

Understanding ethnicity and ground reality: A socio-political case study of the Rabha tribal community of Assam in their fight for sixth schedule

When one tail isn't enough: abnormal caudal regeneration in lepidosaurs and its potential ecological impacts

New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

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