Zeeshan Ayaz Mirza
Zeeshan Ayaz Mirza, Indian herpetologist and arachnologist based at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. His academic focus is to study the regeneration of appendages in spiders (Developmental Biology).
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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PublicationsEdit
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2014Edit
- Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Bhosale, H. 2014 Description of a new species of arboreal tarantula of the genus Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Satpura Hills, Central India. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 29(2): 60-65. Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Bhosale, H. 2014a. Preliminary review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with description of a new genus and five new species from the Western Ghats. PLoS One 9(2): e87928. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087928. . Reference page.
2015Edit
- Sanap, R.V.; Mirza, Z.A. 2015. A new large trapdoor spider species of the genus Heligmomerus Simon 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 242-246. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2015.07.004. . Reference page.
2016Edit
- 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.
- Gowande, G., Mishra, A. & Mirza, Z.A 2016. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics. Zootaxa 4126(2): 271–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.7. Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Vyas, R., Patel, H., Maheta, J. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0148380. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148380 Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Vyas, R., Patel, H., Maheta, J. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. Correction: A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0154301. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154301 Reference page.
2017Edit
- Mirza, Z.A. 2017. Description of a new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Hormuridae) from India. Zootaxa 4365(2): 217–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.6. Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A. & Raju, D. 2017. A new rupicolous species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from the Satpura Hills, Central India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11(1): 51–71 (e137). [General_Section_51-71_e137_low_res.pdf Full article (PDF)] Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H. & Patil, R. 2017. A New Large Species of Gecko of the Genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Comptes Rendus Biologies 340(11–12): 531–540. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.09.003 Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Kunte, K. 2017. A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(1): 32-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013. . Reference page.
2018Edit
- Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new cryptic species of ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India. Phyllomedusa 17(2): 169–180. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i2p169-180 Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A., Gowande, G.G., Patil, R., Ambekar, M. & Patel, H. 2018. First appearance deceives many: disentangling the Hemidactylus triedrus species complex using an integrated approach. PeerJ 6, e5341. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5341 Reference page.
- Mirza, Z.A. & Mondal, A. 2018. A new genus Gravelyia with two species of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from India. Acta Arachnologica 67(1): 43-48. PDF. Reference page.
- Sadasivan, K., Ramesh, M.B., Palot, M.J., Ambekar, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India. Zootaxa 4374(4): 545–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 Reference page.
2020Edit
- Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H.S., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M., Gowande, G.G. & Patel, M. 2020. A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.48431 Reference page.
- Bhosale, H., Phansalkar, P., Sawant, M., Gowande, G., Patel, H. & Mirza, Z.A. 2020. A new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes) from eastern Himalayas, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 729: 54–73. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1191 Reference page.
- Gowande, G., Ganesh, S.R. & Mirza, Z.A. 2020. A new cryptic species of bush frog (Amphibia: Anura: Raorchestes) from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Taprobanica 9(2): 164–173. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i2.229 Reference page.
- Ambekar, M., Murthy, A. & Mirza, Z.A. 2020. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Karnataka, India. Bonn zoological Bulletin 69(2): 157–164. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2020.69.2.157 Reference page.
2021Edit
- Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H., Ansari, F., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M., Gowande, G., Patel, H. 2021. A new species of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Evolutionary Systematics. 5(1): 13-23. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.61667 Reference page.
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