New localities for Indian Three-banded Skinks, Eutropis trivittata (Hardwicke &amp; Gray 1827) (Squamata: Mabuyidae), in central India

Ashaharraza, Khan; Kaur, Mandeep

doi:10.17161/randa.v25i1.14223

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“…After one year of intensive study at Ecopark, we found twenty-six species of herpetofauna which included twentyone reptile 2 orders (Squamata and testudines), 9 families (Colubridae [10] , Typhlopidae [11] , Viperidae [12] , Agamidae [13] , Gekkonidae [13] , Scincidae [13] , Varanidae [14] , Geoemydidae [15] , Trionychidae [15] and five amphibian's species under the order Anura, 3 families (Bufonidae [13] , Dicroglossidae, Microhylidae [11,13] ) (Table1). Colubridae [10] family species was found highest with 27% followed by Varanidae [14] [15%], Dicroglossidae [11] and Gekkonidae [13] each 11%, Geoemydidae, Scincidae [13] and Trionychidae each with 8%, Agamidae [13] , Bufonidae [13] , Microhylidae [11,13] each with 4% (Fig2). According to IUCN Status among those twentysix species 20 were LC, Yellow Monitor Lizard was found only one species under EN, Bengal Monitor Lizard was only one NT Species and three VU species were found named Indian Roofed Turtle, Indian Flapshell Turtle form turtle, Painted keelback from snake.…”

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The significance of Ecopark, an urban park in Kolkata, West Bengal, in terms of the refuge of Herpetofauna

Roy¹,

Chatterjee²,

Samanta³

et al. 2022

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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An ecosystem's functionality and stability are naturally influenced by biological diversity. Herpetofauna is the part of this biological diversity which provide support to maintenance of natural diversity. The present study was carried out at Ecopark, West Bengal, India from June 2021 to June 2022 with the objective to assess the diversity of herpetofauna in an urban park in the context of massive urbanization of the outside area called Rajarhat. Present survey revealed the richness of the urban park in its herpetofaunal diversity where 21 species of reptiles and 5 species of amphibians with one Near Threatened, three Vulnerable and one endangered species were found. Colubridae family species was found highest. Influence on herpetofaunal diversity, it was determined that this park may play an important role in the conservation of those species.

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The significance of Ecopark, an urban park in Kolkata, West Bengal, in terms of the refuge of Herpetofauna

Roy¹,

Chatterjee²,

Samanta³

et al. 2022

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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“…Majority of checklists published in last two decades provide only anecdotal record of species. A thorough literature survey of lizards documented from Maharashtra state include contributions from Konkan region (Smith, 1935;Mirza and Pal, 2008;Walmiki et al, 2012;Editor-Director, 2012); from North Maharashtra (Smith, 1935;Editor-Director, 2012;Dandge, 2018); from Western Maharashtra (Smith, 1935;Editor-Director, 2012;Deshpande et al, 2012;Yadav et al, 2014;Agarwal et al, 2016;Sayyed, 2016;Birje and Kengar, 2017;Dandge, 2018;Khate et al, 2020); from Marathwada region (Smith, 1935;Editor-Director, 2012;Dandge, 2018), and from Vidarbha region (Editor-Director, 2005, 2012Bhandarkar et al, 2012;Kumbhar et al, 2013;Joshi et al, 2017;Khan and Kaur, 2018;Gulhane, 2018;Dandge, 2018). Moreover, the semi-arid landscape from the Solapur region has not yet received much attention for investigating lizard fauna in terms of determining diversity, population dynamics, ecology and behavior.…”

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Ecology of Lizards in an Ecologically Significant Semi-Arid Grassland Patch near Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Yogesh Y,

Akshay M,

Rajshekhar V

2023

Intern. J. Zool. Invest.

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Eighteen species of lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) have been documented in a yearlong study undertaken to investigate the diversity and ecology of lizards in 15 km 2 altered semi-arid grassland habitat patch adjacent to a proposed airport near Boramani village, Solapur, Maharashtra, India. However, the intensive ecological investigation was restricted to a 7 km 2 typical semi-arid grassland patch. This study resulted in the documentation of 888 individuals belonging to 14 species, eight genera and five families. With reference to spatial pattern of microhabitat preference, 82.77% of individuals (n=735) favored rocks on plateau as their preferred microhabitat, 10.59% (n=94) chose rock mound along the road as their microhabitat and 3.94% (n=35) showed preference for termite mound. Only 2.70% (n=24) individuals showed association with crevices, rocks along gentle slope and rodent holes. With regard to temporal variation, the activity of the lizards increased with the onset of summer in March and stabilized in the monsoon (June and July) and then it showed a declining trend from August with least number of individuals represented in the month of February. Furthermore, it has been recorded that, this remnant patch of semi-arid grassland is home to grassland indicator species like Indian grey wolf (c) (n=8 eight), Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) (n=1) and blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra) (n=59). Observations documented in our study clearly demonstrate the faunal significance of this potential remnant semi-arid grassland patch that has been earmarked for the construction of the airport. Protecting such sites based on explicit ecological studies should be on the priority list of protected area managers as they are not just significant for maintaining ecological integrity but also for their role in provisioning of ecosystem services.

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The delusion of stripes: A century-old mystery of five-lined sun skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India elucidated

Amarasinghe

Ganesh²,

Mirza

et al. 2022

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New localities for Indian Three-banded Skinks, Eutropis trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray 1827) (Squamata: Mabuyidae), in central India

Cited by 3 publications

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The significance of Ecopark, an urban park in Kolkata, West Bengal, in terms of the refuge of Herpetofauna

The significance of Ecopark, an urban park in Kolkata, West Bengal, in terms of the refuge of Herpetofauna

Ecology of Lizards in an Ecologically Significant Semi-Arid Grassland Patch near Solapur, Maharashtra, India

The delusion of stripes: A century-old mystery of five-lined sun skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India elucidated

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