Ishan Agarwal
Ishan Agarwal, Indian herpetologist.
- Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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2009
edit- Giri, V.B., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2009. Designation of a Neotype for Cnemaspis mysoriensis (Jerdon 1853)(Sauria: Gekkonidae), with a Redescription and Notes on Its Distribution and Habitat. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(4): 256–264. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2009-16-4-256-264 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page.
2011
edit- Agarwal, I., Giri, V.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2011. A new cryptic rock-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from south India. Zootaxa 2765(1): 21–37. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2765.1.2 Reference page.
2013
edit- Agarwal, I., Wilkinson, M., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Giri, V.B., & Gower, D.J. 2013. The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India—a new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1880. Zootaxa 3693(4): 534–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.7 Reference page.
- Datta-Roy, A, Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Maddock, S.T., Raj, P., Agarwal, I. & Karanth, K.P. 2013. A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3670(1): 55–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.4 Reference page.
2015
edit- Agarwal, I. & Karanth, K.P. 2015. A phylogeny of the only ground-dwelling radiation of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae): diversification of Geckoella across peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(Part A): 193–199. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.016 Reference page.
- David, P., Agarwal, I., Athreya, R., Mathew, R., Vogel, G. & Mistry, V.K. 2015: Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3919(2): 375–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.9. 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.
2016
edit- Agarwal, I. 2016. Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India. Zootaxa 4193(2): 228–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.2 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Mirza, Z.A., Pal, S., Maddock, S.T., Mishra, A. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western India. Zootaxa 4170(2): 339–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.7 Reference page.
2017
edit- Agarwal, I. & Ramakrishnan, U. 2017. A phylogeny of open-habitat lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae: Ophisops) supports the antiquity of Indian grassy biomes. Journal of Biogeography 44(9): 2021–2032. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12999 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Biswas, S., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T.R., De Silva, A. & Batuwita, S. 2017. Cryptic species, taxonomic inflation, or a bit of both? New species phenomenon in Sri Lanka as suggested by a phylogeny of dwarf geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(5): 427–439. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1282553 Reference page.
- Giri, V.B., Bauer, A.M., Mohapatra, P.P., Srinivasulu, C. & Agarwal, I. 2017. A New Species of Large-bodied, Tuberculate Hemidactylus Oken (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4347(2): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.8. Reference page.
2018
edit- Agarwal, I., Giri, V.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. On the Status of Cyrtodactylus malcolmsmithi (Constable, 1949). Breviora 557(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ41.1 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Khandekar, A. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4446(4): 442–454. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.4.2. Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Mahony, S., Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region. Zootaxa 4420(3): 334–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.2 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Khandekar, A., Ramakrishnan, U., Vyas, R. & Giri, V.B. 2018. Two new species of the Ophisops microlepis (Squamata: Lacertidae) complex from northwestern India with a key to Indian Ophisops. Journal of Natural History 52(13–16): 819–847. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1436203 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Mahony, S., Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 4524(5): 501–535. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.5.1 Reference page.
- Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859 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.
2019
edit- Batuwita, S., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new diminutive, rupicolous species of day-gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from southern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4565(2): 223–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.6 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Gaitonde, N. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis. Zootaxa 4609(1): 68–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.3 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4656(1): 43–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.2 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Khandekar, A., Giri, V.B., Ramakrishnan, U. & Karanth, K.P. 2019. The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19: 341–361. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00392-5 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Giri, V.B. & Khandekar, A. 2019. An expanded ND2 phylogeny of the brookii and prashadi groups with the description of three new Indian Hemidactylus Oken (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4619(3): 431–458. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.2 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.
- Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Stanley, E.L., Bandeira, S.A., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668(4): 503–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.4 Reference page.
2020
edit- Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M. & Khandekar, A. 2020. A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4802(3): 449–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.3 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4838(4): 451–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.1 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4845(4): 509–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.3 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Pal, S., Srikanthan, A.N. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 249–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.6 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T., Pal, S. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Granite boulders act as deep-time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58(4): 1234–1261. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12391 Reference page.
- Ceríaco, L.M.P., Agarwal, I., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4746(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1 Reference page.
- Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Parker, K.L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 77–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.3 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Pal, S. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4801(1): 57–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.2 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Pawar, S. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new medium-bodied rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sirumalai massif, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4852(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.4 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.
- Mohapatra, P.P., Khandekar, A., Dutta, S.K., Mahapatra, C. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India. Zootaxa 4852(4): 485–499. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.4.6 Reference page.
- Purkayastha, J., Das, M., Bohra, S.C., Bauer, A.M. & Agarwal, I. 2020. Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guwahati, Assam, India. Zootaxa 4732(3): 375–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.3.2 Reference page.
2021
edit- Agarwal, I., Kamei, R.G. & Mahony, S. 2021. The phylogenetic position of the enigmatic Assam day gecko Cnemaspis cf. assamensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) demonstrates a novel biogeographic connection between Northeast India and south India-Sri Lanka. Amphibia-Reptilia 42(3): 355–367. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10062 Reference page.
- Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2021. A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4969(2): 351–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.7 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2021. A new small-bodied, polymorphic Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4950(3): 501–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.5 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2021. A novel small-bodied rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, with comments on the status of C. indraneildasii, Bauer 2000. Zootaxa 4969(2): 331–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.6 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2021. A cryptic new species of rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5020(3): 434–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.2 Reference page.
- Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M., Kusamba, C., Agarwal, I. & Greenbaum, E. 2021. A New Species of Ground-Dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 105–111. DOI: 10.1670/20-094 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Parmar, D.S., Sawant, N. & Agarwal, I. 2021. A new species of the genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Goa, India. Zootaxa 5027(2): 254–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.2.6 Reference page.
2022
edit- Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2022. A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1137–1186. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e94799 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 115–142. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76308 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 385–422. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e82343 Reference page.
2023
edit- Agarwal, I., Umesh, P.K., Das, S., Bauer, A.M. & Khandekar, A. 2023. A New Spotted Species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870)(Reptilia: Squamata) Complex from Coastal Kerala, Southwestern India. Journal of Herpetology 57(1): 75–86. DOI: 10.1670/21-075 Reference page.
- Mohapatra, P.P., Agarwal, I., Mohalik, R.K., Dutta, S.K. & Khandekar, A. 2023. Hemidactylus paucifasciatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species of large-bodied, tuberculate gecko from Northern Odisha, India. Zootaxa 5301(3): 365–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.3.3 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Mariappan, R., Gangalmale, S., Waghe, V., Pawar, S. & Agarwal, I. 2023. A remarkable new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from scrublands at the southern tip of India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 433–450. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101871 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Kalaimani, A. & Agarwal, I. 2023. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 887–913. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e110512 Reference page.
2024
edit- Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2024. A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23–83. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e110674 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats. ZooKeys 1196: 209–242. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5443(4): 353–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.3 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Gaikwad, S.M., Thackeray, T., Gangalmale, S. & Agarwal, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5429(1): 1–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5429.1.1 Reference page.
- Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Agarwal, I., Gangalmale, S., Kininge, S. & Gaikwad, S.M. 2024. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5463(4): 451–478. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1 Reference page.