Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 Annotated checklist with distribution summary of Snakes of Jawai Community Conservation Reserve, Rajasthan, India 1 13 705815 ‎10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.1 EN Ashish Kumar Jangid Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India– 248001 0000-0002-6225-1900 Ravi Kumar Sharma Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (India)- 248001 0000-0003-4873-6968 Abhijit Das Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (India)- 248001 0000-0002-5851-8457 Journal Article 2023 07 02 We present the first-ever annotated checklist on snakes of the proposed Jawai Community Conservation Reserve of southwestern Rajasthan, India. We opportunistically encountered 26 species of snakes from the study area during the years 2015 to 2017. We have also collated a distribution synopsis for all the observed species with respect to the state of Rajasthan.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 Confirmation on the occurrence of Calotes geissleri Wagner, Ihlow, Hartman, Flecks, Schmitz and Böhme, 2021 (Sauria: Agamidae) in Manipur, India, with comments on its phylogenetic position 14 19 705816 ‎10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.2 EN Ht. Decemson Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India 0000-0002-7460-8233 Mathipi Vabeiryureilai Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India 0000-0001-8708-3686 Lal Lalbiakzuala Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India 0000-0001-5142-3511 Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India Journal Article 2023 07 02 We report Calotes geissleri from Chandel district in Manipur, India. Till recently allocated to Calotes mystaceus, this complex was revised and C. geissleri described from northeast India and Myanmar. We here report its occurrence in Chandel district, Manipur, adjacent to other northeastern states from where it was known previously. Our Manipur specimens have 0.003% genetic distance from its published type sequences, thereby confirming the identification and the range extension.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 Mysterious deaths of aquatic reptiles, with special emphasis on the Indian Flap-shelled turtle Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789) from Gujarat State, India 20 27 705817 10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.3 EN Anirudh Vasava Voluntary Nature Conservancy, 101-Radha Darshan, Behind Union Bank, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India 0000-0003-1492-950X Raju Vyas Shashwat Apartment, 23 Anadnagar Society, BPC Haveli Road, Alkapuri, Vadodara- 390007, Gujarat, India 0000-0003-2467-5494 Vishal Mistry - Voluntary Nature Conservancy, 101-Radha Darshan, Behind :union: Bank, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India 0000-0003-3454-1078 Pradhyuman Sindha Voluntary Nature Conservancy, 101-Radha Darshan, Behind :union: Bank, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India 0000-0002-5402-1195 Journal Article 2023 07 02 The freshwater ecosystems in Gujarat State, in the western part of India, are important habitats for various freshwater turtles. Due to the lack of information on survival and the morality of the freshwater turtles, we present new information on threats to the the Indian Flap-shelled turtle Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre) and species mass mortalities observed in some water bodies of the Gujarat State. Approximately 1071 specimens of L. punctata and three specimens of the Ganges Soft-shelled turtle Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier), along with large numbers of many other species of reptiles and fishes were recorded dead within a span of five years from January 2016 to December 2020. In some of the cases, the circumstantial evidence suggests that entanglement and trapping in fish nets could have been the reason, but large number of the deaths remained mysterious. This mysterious sudden death of aquatic reptiles in various water bodies of the state is of serious concern. We also discuss the possible explanation for these mysterious deaths.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 The biodiverse rotifers (Rotifera: Eurotatoria) of Majuli River Island – an alluvial floodplain of Assam state (northeast India) and the largest river island 28 39 705818 10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.4 EN Bhushan Kumar Sharma Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong - 793 022, Meghalaya, India 0000-0002-8019-2684 Sumita Sharma Lady Veronica Road, Shillong - 793 003, Meghalaya, India 0000-0002-1267-282X Journal Article 2023 07 02 Our assessment of Rotifera biodiversity of the floodplain wetlands of the Majuli River Island of the Brahmaputra basin in Assam state, northeast India (NEI) reveals a total of 175 species belonging to 39 genera and 19 families. The rich and diverse assemblages of the phylum categorize the Majuli as one of the megadiverse Rotifera region of India. The observed biodiversity of Rotifera is hypothesized to be associated with the habitat diversity of the Majuli wetlands, including its varied aquatic macrophytes, the location of the study areas in the ‘Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspot’ and the ‘Rotiferologist effect’, and merits conservation interest in light of the extinction threat to this alluvial floodplain. We record one rotifer species as new to the Indian sub-region and NEI, and 29 species as new records from the Majuli. We also consider various newly recorded species to be of global and regional biogeography interest, with some hypothesized to have a biogeographic role linked to the ‘Assam gateway’. High richness of Lecane > Lepadella ≥ Trichocerca, the richness of Testudinella, and the paucity of Brachionus species are noteworthy features. Reports of 175 species from floodplain lakes and 148 species from small wetlands indicate biodiverse rotifer assemblages in these two categories of wetlands and present a useful contribution to Rotifera ecological diversity of the Indian and the tropical floodplains.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 Length-weight relationship of four fish species of the genera Pseudorhombus, Plicofollis and Scarus (Actinopterygii: Paralichthyidae, Ariidae and Scaridae) from the Persian Gulf, Iran 40 43 705819 10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.5 EN Shahla Barmooz Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 0000-0003-1681-3682 Atta Mouludi -Saleh Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 0000-0002-0939-0901 Soheil Eagderi Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 0000-0001-8649-9452 Asghar Jafari- Patkan Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries Division), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0003-2796-227X Journal Article 2023 07 02 In the present study, the length-weight relationships (LWRs) of 148 specimens representing four species, including 20 specimens of Pseudorhombus javanicus, 70 Plicofollis dussumieri, 28 Scarus persicus and 30 S. fuscopurpureus collected from the Persian Gulf were estimated. The LWRs equations were found as W= 0.67×L2.23 for P. javanicus, W= 0.05×L2.38 for P. dussumieri, W= 0.62×L2.15 for S. persicus and W= 0.27×L2.41 for S. fuscopurpureus. The values of b ranged from 2.15 (S. persicus) to 2.41 (S. fuscopurpureus), with the coefficient of determination (r2) greater than 0.85. The present study presents the LWRs parameters for P. javanicus from the Persian Gulf, Iran for the first time and provides useful information for marine ecologists, fishery managers, the conservation of marine fishes, and the online database of FishBase.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 First record of Metopograpsus cannicci Innocenti, Schubart and Fratini, 2020 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) from India 44 48 705820 10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.6 EN Mithila Bhat School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao-403206, Goa, India 0000-0002-8663-4690 Krupal J. Patel Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, India 0000-0003-0810-4210 Jigneshkumar N. Trivedi - Department of Life Science, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan-384265, Gujarat, India 0000-0002-1308-7104 Journal Article 2023 07 02 Metopograpsus cannicci Innocenti, Schubart and Fratini, 2020 is distributed in the Red Sea, Iran, along the East African coast, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mauritius. The present paper reports this species for the first time from India indicating its eastward extension.

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 Rusty-spotted cat Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire) camera trapped in the Bardia-Banke complex of Western Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal 49 55 705822 10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.7 EN Shailendra Kumar Yadav Institute of Forestry, Tribhuwan University, Hetauda Campus, Hetauda 44107, Nepal 0000-0002-3848-3525 Babu Ram Lamichhane National Trust for Nature Conservation-Biodiversity Conservation Center, Sauraha, Nepal 0000-0003-0580-7682 Naresh Subedi National Trust for Nature Conservation, Post Box No: 3712, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal 0000-0003-4517-4912 Hari Bhadra Acharya Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal 0000-0002-0974-372X David W. Macdonald Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, University of Oxford, England 0000-0003-0607-9373 Amy Fitzmaurice Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, University of Oxford, England; The North of England Zoological Society, Chester Zoo, England 0000-0003-2842-1125 Journal Article 2023 07 02 The Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus is a ‘Near Threatened’ small felid native to South Asia. It was believed to occur only in India and Sri Lanka, but recent studies confirmed its presence in the Bardia National Park (BNP) and Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. Here we add evidence of the species in the Banke National Park (BaNP) in 2013 and Bardia National Park (BNP) in 2017. A pair of motion sensor cameras was installed either side of the game trail, forest road or stream bed, maximizing the possibility of tiger capture. Cameras were active for a minimum of 15 days in each sampling location. Camera trap photos were systematically sorted species- wise. A photograph of a single individual rusty-spotted cat was obtained in BaNP in the hot dry season (April–May) of 2013. The camera trap location in BaNP lies in dry- deciduous Sal Shoresa robusta forest at a distance of approximately 4.3 km from the nearest settlements. Additional photographs of rusty-spotted cat were obtained in BNP during the camera trap survey conducted in the dry season (January-April) of 2017. Importantly, the BNP detections confirm the presence of rusty-spotted cats in community forests outside protected areas. These findings reinforce mounting evidence of the value of observations of elusive species made as by-catch from camera-trapping studies focused on tigers or other large charismatic fauna, especially in the context of extending information on poorly known geographical ranges

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Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 3 4 2021 09 01 New larval host plants for the Slate flash, Black rajah and Tiny grass blue butterflies (Insecta: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Bankura, West Bengal, India 56 63 705823 ‎10.52547/JAD.2021.3.4.8 EN Kalyan Mukherjee Veterinary Pharmacist, State Animal Health Centre, P.O. - Amta, District- Howrah, West Bengal 711401, India 0000-0002-9744-3347 Journal Article 2023 07 02 A survey was carried out studying the life cycle of butterflies in the Bankura district, West Bengal, India. Four new larval host plants of three different species of butterflies, together with their life cycles, were observed during this survey: Calliandra heamatocephala (Hassk) as new larval host plant of Charaxes solon (Fabricius) and Rapala manea (Hewitson). Litchi chinensis (Sonn) as new larval host plant of Rapala manea and Hemigraphis hirta (Vahl) (T. Anders) as new larval host plant of Zizula hylax (Fabricius).

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