Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History

Abstract

We present a catalogue of herpetological specimens collected from select community reserves of Meghalaya, northeastern India. The collection comprises a total of 75 species of the herpetofauna, including 29 species of amphibians from 20 genera in seven families and 46 species of reptiles from 30 genera, in 10 families. We provide the details on number of examples, sex, museum numbers, and collection details including location and collector along with the relevant remarks where applicable. A total of five species of amphibians and four species of reptiles remain to be resolved systematically since no precise name could be attributed to them.

Reply to the “Correction to Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)” by P. Karthik

“…His decision was respected by the other principal investigators. We hereby convey the fact that for the publication of another article (Chandramouli et al 2021b) from the same project, involving the same team, PK was also a co-author (Chandramouli et al, 2021a). Had he not declined our offer of co-authorship for the publication on the catalogue (Chandramouli et al 2021b), he would have been a part of this publication as well.…”

“…We hereby convey the fact that for the publication of another article (Chandramouli et al 2021b) from the same project, involving the same team, PK was also a co-author (Chandramouli et al, 2021a). Had he not declined our offer of co-authorship for the publication on the catalogue (Chandramouli et al 2021b), he would have been a part of this publication as well. It is unreasonable on the part of PK to accuse and relegate the efforts of Chandramouli et al (2021b) in his response.…”

“…Had he not declined our offer of co-authorship for the publication on the catalogue (Chandramouli et al 2021b), he would have been a part of this publication as well. It is unreasonable on the part of PK to accuse and relegate the efforts of Chandramouli et al (2021b) in his response. We present our arguments for his allegations 1.…”

“…We present our arguments for his allegations 1. "Recent, Chandramouli et al (2021b) have discussed merely handy specimens, but many more have yet to be documented (Ganesh et al 2020 and Karthik pers. com.).…”

Correction to Catalogue of herpetological specimens from Meghalaya, India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)

“…However, the precise number (of samples) is unknown, include the major contribution from Pandi Karthik & R.S Naveen and a renowned herpetologist Dr. (Late) S. Bhupathy's (see Ganesh et al 2020). Nevertheless, SACON has published two series of catalogues on the care and maintenance of herpetological collections (Ganesh et al 2020, Chandramouli et al 2021a& 2021b. As it is catalogued and the specimens are vouchered for future studies, therefore the author ought to disclose the SACON accreditation for upholding a large number of specimens.…”