Saunak Pal

Saunak Pal, Indian herpetologist.

Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Sálim Ali Chowk, Mumbai, India.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Mirza, Z. A., Pal, S. & Sanap, R. V. 2010. Notes on a ground gecko Geckoella cf. collegalensis Beddome, 1870 (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae) from India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 8-14.

Ganesh, S. R., Sreekar, R., Pal, S. P., Ramchandra, G., Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2011. Discovery and first description of male Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Agumbe, central Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(8): 2023-2027.

Pal, S. P., Gaikwad, K. S., Murthy, C. & Dutta, S. K. 2013. New locality records of the recently described gecko Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 with additional notes on natural history.

Mirza, Z.A., Pal, S., Bhosale, H.S. & Sanap, R.V. 2014. A new species of gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 3815(4): 494–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.2 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.

Pal, S., Vijayakumar, S.P., Shanker, K., Jayarajan, A. & Deepak, V. 2018. A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species. Zootaxa 4482(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. Reference page.
Srikanthan, A.N., Swamy, P., Mohan, A.V. & Pal, S. 2018. A distinct new species of riparian rock-dwelling gecko (genus: Hemidactylus) from the southern Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4434(1): 141–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.9 Reference page.

Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Ganesh, S.R., Pal, S.P., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Shanker, K. 2019. Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0218851. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Warekar, P., Mohapatra, P.P., Raju, D., Patil, P., Dutta, S.K. & Pal, S. 2019. “Endangered or an artifact of unsound taxonomy? Case of the critically endangered bush frog Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997”. Zootaxa 4683(4): 563–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.6 pdf 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.
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.
Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Pal, S.P., D’Souza, P.M., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1 Reference page.

Pal, S., Mirza, Z.A., D’Souza, P.M. & Shanker, K. 2021. Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Research 42(6): 675–691. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.074 Reference page.
Gowande, G., Pal, S., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Phansalkar, P.U., Dsouza, P., Jayarajan, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 669–696. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e62787 Reference page.

Das A, Gower DJ, Narayanan S, Pal S, Boruah B, Magar S, Das S, Moulick S, Deepak V. 2022. Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138(4): 417–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4
Das, S., Pal, S., Siddharth, S., Palot, M.J., Deepak, V. & Narayanan, S. 2022. A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 81–94. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76046 Reference page.
Das, A., Gower, D.J., Narayanan, S., Pal, S., Boruah, B., Magar, S., Das, S., Moulick, S. & Deepak, V., 2022. Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138(4): 417–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4 Reference page.
Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Pal, S., Gerard, J.D. & Gower, D.J. 2022. Snakes and lizards of the Sky Islands of the Western Ghats. ATREE, Bangalore, India. 114pp. Free PDF Reference page.
Pal, S. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. A New Species of Large-Bodied Gecko of The Genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 from Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 119: 1–8. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/167364 Reference page.

Narayanan, S., Pal, S., Grismer, L.L. & Aravind, N.A. 2023. A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Eastern Ghats, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 189–203. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101311 Reference page.

Das, S., Pal, SA., Narayanan, S., Subin, K., Palot, M.J., Rajkumar, K.P. & Deepak, V. 2024. Discovery of a new species of kangaroo lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 151–168. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113084 Reference page.