The zoological survey of India (ZSI) is a taxonomic research organization, established on 1st July 1916, dedicated itself to exploring and documenting the country’s faunal resources. It was a long felt need to update the faunal data of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve. This is the first consolidated pictorial document on the fauna of the Indian part of these deltaic mangrove islands, prepared with the latest published information from Protista to Mammalia, ...
Revision of Indian Flat Bark Beetles: Cucujidae and Laemophloeidae: Coleoptera: Insecta
This book is a continuation of Conservation Area Series, published by the Zoological Survey, and documents the faunal diversity of Singhori Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. The document is the outcome of the exploratory surveys of the sanctuary and the detailed studies on various fauna collected, recorded or sighted. Besides the general features pertaining to the physiography, climate, vegetation / forest types, etc. of the sanctuary have also been briefly ...
A Pictorial Handbook on Some Lizards and Snakes of Western Ghats
From the preface: Reptiles, particularly lizards and snakes, are an overly conspicuous component of the faunistically rich Western Ghats, which have attracted the attention of naturalists for long. Although several publications which reflect the great strides made in the study of these animals are available, the need of the hour is a compact handbook that showcases the most characteristic, rare and unique representatives found in the globally acclaimed hot spot ...
Two hundred and eighty four species of birds were recorded from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, belonging 56 families under 17 orders. Of these, 155 species were residents, 58 were local migrants, 64 were trans-continental migrants, 6 were vagrant and one species was a straggler. Of the 142 endemic bird species of the Indian subcontinent, 28 are found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Though the Andaman and Nicobar Islands form only 0.25 per cent of the landmass ...
