A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India

Palot, Muhamed Jafer

doi:10.11609/jott.2002.7.13.8010-8022

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“…For question (f) (ii) (Table ), participants first responded by describing or giving the local names of snakes they believed to be sacred. We then showed them photos of 15 commonly found snake species in the region (Palot, ; Sathish, ) for them to visually identify these sacred snakes. All surveys were conducted by the same researchers for consistency (UPB), and informed verbal consent was received before each survey from participants to be included in this research.…”

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Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

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Serpent‐god worship is an ancient tradition still practiced in many sacred groves across the Western Ghats of India. Although sacred groves there hold ecological conservation value, few studies have focused on arguably the most iconic taxon in the region, snakes. We thus investigated the impact of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on attitudes towards snakes by conducting surveys with people who had entered sacred groves in the past. We found that very few participants who had encountered snakes inside sacred groves in the past harmed them during these encounters. However, nearly a quarter of all participants do harm snakes if encountered outside sacred groves. We also found that a larger proportion of participants who do not harm snakes outside sacred groves worship snake deities, relative to those that do harm them. Our work thus highlights the influence of sacred groves and snake deity worshipping on pacifistic human–snake relations in Southwestern India. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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“…We recommend retention of the generic epithet Dravidogecko as the common name for this genus owing to its endemism to the Western Ghats in Peninsular India. The common name "Anaimalai gecko" has been used in the past (Palot 2015) since D. anamallensis was the only nominal species in the genus. This name misrepresents the extent of distribution of these geckos and therefore should not be used hereafter.…”

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“…(Figs 4A, 4B, 6A-D, 13A; Table 5) Kluge, 1991;Murthy, 1993;Radhakrishnan, 1999;Sharma, 2002 [partim]; Palot, 2015;etc. Hemidactylus anamallensis: Bauer & Russell, 1995 Hemidactylus anamallensis- , Aengals et al, 2010Venugopal, 2010;Agarwal, Giri & Bauer, 2011;Mahony, 2011;Ganesh & Chandramouli, 2013;Venkatraman, Chattopadhyay & Subramanian, 2013;Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2015;etc.…”

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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

Chaitanya

Giri

Deepak

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The monotypic genus Dravidogecko, represented by its type-species D. anamallensis, is singular amongst peninsular Indian gekkonid lineages in its endemism to the Western Ghats. Molecular species delimitation approaches reveal at least seven species-level lineages within the genus from its distribution range across the mid–high elevations of the southern Western Ghats of India. These lineages, albeit superficially cryptic, are patently diagnosable from each other by employing a limited but precise set of morphological characters. Six of these lineages that were obscured under the nomen D. anamallensis are herein recognized as distinct species. A reappraisal of the genus Dravidogecko is provided based on external morphology and osteological characters, along with a detailed redescription of the holotype of D. anamallensis. A key to the species based on diagnostic characters is presented. Gene-trees based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data recovered marginally disparate topologies and were consequently coalesced into a species-tree for phylogenetic inference. Timetree analysis reveals late Miocene cladogenesis in this group and establishes late Palaeocene divergence from its sister genus, Hemidactylus, making Dravidogecko one of the earliest, extant lizard lineages to have colonized peninsular India.

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“…3). Most of the records are from the Western Ghats (Murthy 1981, Hutton & David 2009, Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010, Bhupathy & Sathishkumar 2013, Ganesh et al 2013, 2014, Palot, 2013, 2015, Yadav & Yankanchi 2014. This species has been found from as low as 310 m (Inger et al 1984) up to 1,900 m a.s.l.…”

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REDESCRIPTION OF Lycodon travancoricus (BEDDOME, 1870) (REPTILIA : COLUBRIDAE), AN INDIAN ENDEMIC SNAKE, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Ganesh¹,

Amarasinghe²,

Vogel³

2020

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We redescribe the poorly-known peninsular India endemic colubrid snake Lycodon travancoricus based on its traceable syntype. We elaborate on the geographic range of the species and reveal its distribution in several disjunct hill ranges scattered across its range – the Western Ghats, the Eastern Ghats and the Central Indian Highlands. Discussions about a suggested relegation of its status as a subspecies of the widespread L. aulicus are revisited, in light of new knowledge on the species complex to which it belongs. Our perusal of extralimital records allocated to this species reveals frequent incorrect identification and provenance of specimens. Our results bolster the view that the existing diagnosis is sufficient to distinguish this species from regional congeners supporting its continued recognition as a valid species restricted to peninsular India.

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A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations

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

REDESCRIPTION OF Lycodon travancoricus (BEDDOME, 1870) (REPTILIA : COLUBRIDAE), AN INDIAN ENDEMIC SNAKE, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

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