The Western Ghats are well known as a biodiversity hotspot, but the full extent of its snake
diversity is yet to be uncovered. Here, we describe a new genus and species of vine snake …

Western Ghats of India is one of the richest hotspot of biological diversity in the world and
harbour 38 east-and 27 west-flowing rivers to drain the entire watershed region and other …

The diversity of hillstream loaches in the northern part of the Western Ghats region of India
was studied for the first time using two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome oxidase subunit I …

We present here a comprehensive account of the diversity, distribution, threats, and suggest
conservation measures for the fishes of Bharathapuzha, the largest west flowing river in the …

Length-weight (LWR) and length-length (LLR) relationships of seven loach species
(Teleostei: Cypriniformes): Botia striata, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, Paracanthocobitis …

Balitora chipkali, a new species of stone loach, is described from the westward-flowing Astoli
tributary of the Kali River system in the northern part of the Western Ghats, India. The …

The teleostean family Balitoridae comprises small-sized freshwater fishes adapted to swift-
flowing torrential mountain streams in South and South-East Asia. Little is known about their …

 Abstract This work describes a new species, Balitoraanlongensissp. nov., collected from a
cave at Xinglong Town, Anlong County, Guzihou, China. Phylogenetic trees reconstructed …

New species of freshwater fishes recorded for first time during last three decades form India
is reviewed. In total 150 new species of freshwater fishes belonging to 5 order, 22 family and …

Despite being one of the dominant groups in freshwater ecosystems, morphological and
ontogenetic studies on aquatic Hemiptera have received little attention in the Oriental …