Sushil Kumar Dutta

Sushil Kumar Dutta, Indian herpetologist

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Dutta, S.K., Ahmed, M.F. & Das, I. 2000. Kalophrynus (Anura: Microhylidae), a new genus for India, with the description of a new species, Kalophrynus orangensis, from Assam State. Hamadryad 25(2): 67–74. Reference page.

Das, I., Sengupta, S., Ahmed, M.F. & Dutta, S.K. 2005. A new species of Kaloula (Anura: Microhylidae) from north-eastern India. Hamadryad 29(1): 101–109. ResearchGate Reference page.

Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K., Chandramouli, S.R., Choudhury, B.C., Dutta, S.K. & Das, I. 2012. A new species of Coryphophylax Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 (Sauria: Iguania: Agamidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 3451: 31–45. Preview Reference page.

Das, A., Chetia, M., Dutta, S.K. & Sengupta, S. 2013. A new species of Duttaphrynus (Anura: Bufonidae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 3646(4): 336–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.2 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.

Chandramouli, S.R., Vasudevan, K., Harikrishnan, S., Dutta, S.K., Janani, S.J., Sharma, R., Das, I. & Aggarwal, R. 2016. A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). ZooKeys 555: 57–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.555.6522. Reference page.
Deepak, V., Giri, V.B., Asif, M., Dutta, S.K., Vyas, R., Zambre, A.M., Bhosale, H. & Karanth, K.P. 2016. Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species. Contributions to Zoology 85(1): 67–111. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Kar, N.B., Das, A., Murthy, B.H.C.K. & Deepak, V. 2017. Ahaetulla nasuta anomala (Annandale, 1906) (Squamata: Colubridae), resurrected as a valid species with marked sexual dichromatism. Zootaxa 4263(2): 318–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.6 Reference page.
Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Kar, N.B., Das, A., Murthy, B.H.C.K. & Deepak, V. 2017. PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA, S. K. DUTTA, NILADRI B. KAR, ABHIJIT DAS, B. H. C.K MURTHY& V. DEEPAK (2017) Ahaetulla nasuta anomala (Annandale, 1906) (Squamata: Colubridae), resurrected as a valid species with marked sexual dichromatism. Zootaxa, 4263: 318–332. Zootaxa 4290(3): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.3.13. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Janani, S.J., Vasudevan, K., Prendini, E., Dutta, S.K. & Aggarwal, R.K. 2017. A New Species of the Genus Nasikabatrachus (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the eastern Slopes of the Western Ghats, India. Alytes 34(1-4): 1–19. PDF Reference page.
Ganesh, S.R., Dutta, S.K. & Chandramouli, S.R. 2017. On the taxonomy and nomenclature of common Indian cricket frog Rana agricola Jerdon, 1853 (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 6(2): 107–113. PDF Reference page.

Chandramouli, S.R., Ankaiah, D., Arul, V., Dutta, S.K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2019. On the taxonomic status of Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008) and the distribution of M. agricola (Jerdon, 1853) Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 8(1): 84–87. PDF 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.

Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Melvinselvan, G., Khan, A., Mahlow, K. & Tillack, F. 2021. Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of the Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 253–316. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e64345 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.