Ashok Captain

Ashok Captain, Indian herpetologist.

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Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, 500 pp. Reference page.

Gower, D.J., Captain, A. & Thakur, S.S. 2008. On the taxonomic status of Uropeltis bicatenata (Günther) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Hamadryad 33(1): 64-82. Reference page.

Gower, D.J., Giri, V., Captain, A. & Wilkinson, M. 2016. A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4085(4): 481–503. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.2 Reference page.

Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Captain, A., Das, A., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Rathish, R.L. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India. Zootaxa 4319(1): 27–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2. Reference page.

Captain, A., Deepak, V., Pandit, R., Bhatt, B. & Athreya, R. 2019. A New Species of Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Trimeresurus Lacepède, 1804) from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 26(2): 111-122. Reference page.
Giri, V.B., Gower, D.J., Das, A., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalronunga, S., Captain, A. & Deepak, V. 2019. A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa 4603(2): 241–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2 Reference page.
Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Captain, A., Pawar, S. & Tillack, F. 2019. A New Species of Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from The Northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 116: 1–11. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/144901 Reference page.

Das, A., Deepak, V., Wade, E.O.Z., Captain, A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4860(2): 267–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8 Reference page.