Sathyabhama Das Biju

Sathyabhama Das Biju (1963–), Indian herpetologist.

• Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Taxon names authored

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• 58 taxon names authored by Sathyabhama Das Biju

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Sathyabhama Das Biju

Publications

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2003

• Biju, S.D. & Bossuyt, F. 2003. New frog family from India reveals an ancient biogeographical link with the Seychelles. Nature 425: 711–714. DOI: 10.1038/nature02019 Reference page. 

2007

• Roelants, K., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M., Loader, S.P., Biju, S.D., Guillaume, K., Moriau, L. & Bossuyt, F. 2007. Global patterns of diversification in the history of modern amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(3): 887–892. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608378104 Reference page. 

2008

• Biju, S.D., Roelants, K. & Bossuyt, F. 2008. Phylogenetic position of the montane treefrog Polypedates variabilis Jerdon, 1853 (Anura: Rhacophoridae), and description of a related species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8(4): 267–276. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2007.11.004 Reference page. 

2009

• Kamei, R.G., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D.J. & Biju, S.D. 2009. Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland. Zootaxa 2267(1): 26–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2267.1.2 Reference page. 
• Van Bocxlaer, I., Biju, S.D., Loader, S.P. & Bossuyt, F. 2009. Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: e131. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-131 Reference page. 

2010

• Biju, S.D., Mahony, S. & Kamei, R.G. 2010. Description of two new species of torrent frog, Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a degrading forest in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland. Zootaxa 2408(1): 31–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2408.1.2 Reference page. 
• Biju, S.D., Shouche, Y., Dubois, A., Dutta, S.K. & Bossuyt, F. 2010. A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science 98(8): 1119–1125. Full article (PDF). Full article (PDF). Full article (on BioNames). Reference page. 
• Van Bocxlaer, I., Loader, S.P., Roelants, K., Biju, S.D., Menegon, M. & Bossuyt, F. 2010. Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion phenotype initiated the global radiation of toads. Science 327(5966): 679–682. DOI: 10.1126/science.1181707 Reference page. 

2011

• Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V. & Bossuyt, F. 2011. A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 3029(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1 Reference page. 

2013

• Biju, S.D., Kamei, R.G., Mahony, S., Thomas, A., Garg, S., Sircar, G. & Suyesh, R. 2013. Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour. Zootaxa 3636(2): 257–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.3 Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2013. Three new species of horned frogs, Megophrys (Amphibia: Megophryidae), from northeast India, with a resolution to the identity of Megophrys boettgeri populations reported from the region. Zootaxa 3722(2): 143–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Wijayathilaka, N., Senevirathne, G., Meegaskumbura, M. 2014. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-backed frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species Contributions to Zoology 83(4): 269–335. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Kamei, R.G. & Biju, S.D. 2016. On the taxonomic status of Ichthyophis husaini Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae). Zootaxa 4079(1): 140–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.10 Reference page. 
• Biju, S.D., Senevirathne, G., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Thomas, A., Shouche, Y., Raxworthy, C.J., Meegaskumbura, M. & Van Bocxlaer, I. 2016. Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles. PLoS One 11(1): e0145727. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145727 Reference page. 
• Wijayathilaka, N., Garg, S., Senevirathne, G., Karunarathna, N., Biju, S.D. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2016. A new species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sri Lanka: an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4066(3): 331–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.9. Reference page. 

2017

• Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2017. Description of four new species of Burrowing Frogs in the Fejervarya rufescens complex (Dicroglossidae) with notes on morphological affinities of Fejervarya species in the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4277(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.4.1. Reference page. 
• Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Sukesan, S. & Biju, S.D. 2017. Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms. PeerJ 5: e3007. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3007 Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Foley, N.M., Biju, S.D. & Teeling, E.C. 2017. Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3): 744–771. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw267 Reference page. 

2018

• Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2018. Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4523(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4523.1.1 Reference page. 
• Sanchez, E., Biju, S.D., Islam, M.M., Hasan, M., Ohler, A., Vences, M. & Kurabayashi, A. 2018. Phylogeny and classification of fejervaryan frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Salamandra 54(2): 109–116. PDF Reference page. 

2019

• Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2019. New microhylid frog genus from Peninsular India with Southeast Asian affinity suggests multiple Cenozoic biotic exchanges between India and Eurasia. Scientific Reports 9: 1906. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38133-x Reference page. 
• Alhadi, F., Hamidy, A., Farajallah, A., Munir, M., Atmaja, V.Y., Garg, S., Biju, S.D. & Smith, E.N. 2019. Rediscovery of Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) from Sumatra: redescription, molecular identity, and taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 4613(1): 111–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.5 Reference page. 
• Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Kamei, R.G. & Maheswaran, G. 2019. A new Microhyla species (Anura: Microhylidae) from riparian evergreen forest in the eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4674(1): 100–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.5 Reference page. 
• Das A., Garg, S., Hamidy, A., Smith, E.N., & Biju, S.D. 2019. A new species of Micryletta frog (Microhylidae) from Northeast India. PeerJ 7:e7012. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7012 Reference page. 

2020

• Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Gokulakrishnan, G., Sivaperuman, C., Thammachoti, P., Ren, J-L., Gopika, C., Bisht, K., Hamidy, A. & Shouche, Y.S. 2020. New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zootaxa 4878(1): 1–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Teeling, E.C. & Biju, S.D. 2020. Taxonomic review of the Asian Horned Frogs (Amphibia: Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt) of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva (Boulenger), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History 54(1–4): 119–194. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1736679 Reference page. 

2021

• Bisht, K., Garg, S., Sarmah, A.N.D.A., Sengupta, S. & Biju, S.D. 2021. Lost, forgotten, and overlooked: systematic reassessment of two lesser-known toad species (Anura, Bufonidae) from Peninsular India and another wide-ranging northern species. Zoosystematics and Evolution. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 451–470. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.61770 Reference page. 
• Eprilurahman R., Garg, S., Atmaja, V.Y., Alhadi F., Munir M., Ubaidillah R., Arisuryanti T., Biju S.D., Smith, E.N. & Hamidy, A.. A tiny new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Belitung Island and Southeastern Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5027(4): 451–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.1 PDF Reference page. 
• Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Das, S., Bee, M.A. & Biju, S.D. 2021. An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India. PeerJ 9: e10791. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10791 Reference page. 
• Patel, N.G., Garg, S., Das, A., Stuart, B.L. & Biju, S.D. 2021. Phylogenetic position of the poorly known montane cascade frog Amolops monticola (Ranidae) and description of a new closely related species from Northeast India. Journal of Natural History 55(21–22): 1403–1440. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1946185 Reference page.