November 2012 | Vol. 4 | No. 14 - Journal of Threatened Taxa
November 2012 | Vol. 4 | No. 14 - Journal of Threatened Taxa
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<strong><strong>No</strong>vember</strong> <strong>2012</strong> | <strong>Vol</strong>. 4 | <strong>No</strong>. <strong>14</strong> | Pages 3233–3376<br />
Date <strong>of</strong> Publication 26 <strong><strong>No</strong>vember</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print)<br />
© Manju Siliwal<br />
Neoheterophrictus sahyadri sp. nov.<br />
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Dr. V.B. Hosagoudar, Thiruvananthapuram, India<br />
Dr. B.B.Hosetti, Shimoga, India<br />
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Dr. V. Irudayaraj, Tirunelveli, India<br />
Dr. Rajah Jayapal, Bengaluru, India<br />
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Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh, India<br />
Dr. Pierre Jolivet, Bd Soult, France<br />
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Dr. Larry M. Page, Gainesville, USA<br />
Dr. Arun K. Pandey, Delhi, India<br />
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<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Threatened</strong> <strong>Taxa</strong> is indexed/abstracted<br />
in Bibliography <strong>of</strong> Systematic Mycology, Biological<br />
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Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Index Fungorum,<br />
<strong>Journal</strong>Seek and Zoological Records.<br />
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Jo u r n a l o f Th r e a t e n e d Ta x a<br />
ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print)<br />
<strong><strong>No</strong>vember</strong> <strong>2012</strong> | <strong>Vol</strong>. 4 | <strong>No</strong>. <strong>14</strong> | Pages 3233–3376<br />
Date <strong>of</strong> Publication 26 <strong><strong>No</strong>vember</strong> <strong>2012</strong> (online & print)<br />
Communications<br />
CEPF Western Ghats Special Series<br />
A new genus <strong>of</strong> the family Theraphosidae (Araneae:<br />
Mygalomorphae) with description <strong>of</strong> three new species from the<br />
Western Ghats <strong>of</strong> Karnataka, India<br />
-- Manju Siliwal, Neha Gupta & Robert Raven, Pp. 3233–3254<br />
Additional records <strong>of</strong> Tettigoniidae from Arunachal Pradesh, India<br />
-- G. Srinivasan & D. Prabakar, Pp. 3255–3268<br />
CEPF Western Ghats Special Series<br />
Birds <strong>of</strong> lower Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
-- Tharmalingam Ramesh, J. Peter Prem Chakravarthi, S. Balachandran<br />
& Riddhika Kalle, Pp. 3269–3283<br />
Elephant Elephas maximus Linnaeus (Proboscidea: Elephantidae)<br />
migration paths in the Nilgiri Hills, India in the late 1970s<br />
-- E.R.C. Davidar, Peter Davidar, Priya Davidar & Jean-Philippe<br />
Puyravaud, Pp. 3284–3293<br />
Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve,<br />
Nepal: status, population and conservation importance<br />
-- Top Bahadur Khatri, Deep Narayan Shah & Nilamber Mishra, Pp.<br />
3294–3301<br />
Reassessment <strong>of</strong> morphology and historical distribution as factors<br />
in conservation efforts for the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer<br />
Hippocamelus bisulcus (Molina 1782)<br />
-- Huemul Task Force, Pp. 3302–3311<br />
Short Communications<br />
CEPF Western Ghats Special Series<br />
Metazoan community composition in tree hole aquatic habitats <strong>of</strong><br />
Silent Valley National Park and New Amarambalam Reserve Forest<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Western Ghats, India<br />
-- K.A. Nishadh & K.S. Anoop Das, Pp. 3312–3318<br />
Recent sightings <strong>of</strong> two very rare butterflies, Lethe margaritae<br />
Elwes, 1882 and Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890, from Sikkim,<br />
eastern Himalaya, India<br />
-- Sanjyog Rai, Karma Dorjee Bhutia & Krushnamegh Kunte, Pp.<br />
3319–3326<br />
Rapid assessment <strong>of</strong> Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus (Aves:<br />
Bucerotidae) populations and conservation issues in fragmented<br />
lowland tropical forests <strong>of</strong> Arunachal Pradesh, India<br />
-- Murali Krishna, Kuladip Sarma & Awadhesh Kumar, Pp. 3342–3348<br />
Distribution, den characteristics and diet <strong>of</strong> the Indian Fox Vulpes<br />
bengalensis (Mammalia: Canidae) in Karnataka, India: preliminary<br />
observations<br />
-- H.N. Kumara & Mewa Singh, Pp. 3349–3354<br />
Survey <strong>of</strong> the Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett, 1833<br />
(Carnivora: Felidae) and some aspects impacting its conservation<br />
in India<br />
-- Shomita Mukherjee, Tiasa Adhya, Prachi Thatte & Uma Ramakrishnan,<br />
Pp. 3355–3361<br />
<strong>No</strong>tes<br />
First record <strong>of</strong> Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967 (Mollusca:<br />
Nudibranchia) from India<br />
-- Vishal Bhave & Deepak Apte, Pp. 3362–3365<br />
The hitherto undescribed male <strong>of</strong> Orthozona quadrilineata (Moore,<br />
1882) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)<br />
-- Peter Smetacek & I.J. Kitching, Pp. 3366–3368<br />
First record <strong>of</strong> two tubuliferan and four terebrantian species <strong>of</strong><br />
Thysanoptera (Insecta) from northeastern India<br />
-- Kh. Bala, O. Tarunkumar Singh, H. Taptamani & R. Varatharajan, Pp.<br />
3369–3372<br />
A note on the migration <strong>of</strong> Dark Cerulean Jamides bochus (Stoll)<br />
(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Eravikulam National Park,<br />
Idukki District, Kerala, India<br />
-- Muhamed Jafer Palot, Pp. 3373–3374<br />
Sighting record <strong>of</strong> Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis<br />
(Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Gruiformes: Otididae) in Lower Dibang Valley<br />
District, Arunachal Pradesh, India<br />
-- Alolika Sinha, Jillol Hoque, Tilak Pradhan, Manish Kumar Bakshi, Jibi<br />
Pulu, Alok Kumar Singh & M. Firoz Ahmed, Pp. 3375–3376<br />
Parambassis waikhomi, a new species <strong>of</strong> glassfish (Teleostei:<br />
Ambassidae) from Loktak Lake, northeastern India<br />
-- K. Geetakumari & C. Basudha, Pp. 3327–3332<br />
Current status <strong>of</strong> Marsh Crocodiles Crocodylus palustris (Reptilia:<br />
Crocodylidae) in Vishwamitri River, Vadodara City, Gujarat, India<br />
-- Raju Vyas, Pp. 3333–3341<br />
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