Aparna Lajmi

Aparna Lajmi, Indian herpetologist.

Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.

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Bauer, A.M., Vyas, R., Jackman, T.R., Lajmi, A. & Giri, V.B. 2012. Hemidactylus porbandarensis Sharma, 1981 is a synonym of Hemidactylus robustus Heyden, 1827. Hamadryad 36(1): 46–51. Reference page.

Murthy, B.H.C.K., Bauer, A.M., Lajmi, A., Agarwal, I. & Giri, V.B. 2015. A new rock dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Chhattisgarh, India. Zootaxa 4021(2): 334–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.5. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Lajmi, A., Giri, V.B. & Karanth, K.P. 2016. Molecular data in conjunction with morphology help resolve the Hemidactylus brookii complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16(3): 659–677. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0271-9 Reference page.

Datta-Roy, A., Deepak, V., Chaitanya, R., Murthy, C., Bhosale, H., Lajmi, A., Karanth, P., Kunte, K. & Giri, V. 2017. On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum. Salamandra 53(3): 389–397. PDF Reference page.

Chaitanya, R., Lajmi, A. & Giri, V.B. 2018. A new cryptic, rupicolous species of Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Meghamalai, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4374(1): 49–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.3 Reference page.
Lajmi, A., Datta-Roy, A., Vyas, R., Agarwal, I. & Karanth, K.P. 2018. The curious case of Hemidactylus gujaratensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4388(1): 137–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.11 Reference page.

Chaitanya, R., Agarwal, I., Lajmi, A. & Khandekar, A. 2019. A novel member of the Hemidactylus brookii complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4646(2): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.2.2. Reference page.
Lajmi, A., Bansal, R., Giri, V.B. & Karanth, K.P. 2019. Phylogeny and biogeography of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos of the Indian subregion suggest multiple dispersals from Peninsular India to Sri Lanka. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186(1): 286–301. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly047 Reference page.

Lajmi, A. & Karanth, K.P. 2020. Eocene–Oligocene cooling and the diversification of Hemidactylus geckos in Peninsular India. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 142: 106637. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106637 Reference page.
Lajmi, A., Verma, A. & Karanth, K.P. 2020. Repeated evolution of terrestrial lineages in a continental lizard radiation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33(1): 57–66. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13544 Reference page.
Lajmi, A., Giri, V.B., Singh, T. & Agarwal, I. 2020. Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India. Zootaxa 4895(4): 483–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.4.2 Reference page.