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CSIR - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Chief Scientist
Email: karthik@ccmb.res.in
Phone: +91-040-24006443
Gayathri S., Y.S. Panwar. S. Murthy, K. Klop-Toker, R. Ibáñez, E. E. Illueca, R. Webb, V. Govindappa, B. Subba, H. Segu, K. P. K. Komanduri, K. Vasudevan. 2023. A universal and efficient detection of chytridiomycosis infections in amphibians using novel quantitative PCR markers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol. 2023, Article ID 9980566, 9 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9980566
Raj, P., K. Vasudevan, R.K. Agarwal, S.K. Dutta, G. Sahoo, S. Mahapatra, R. Sharma, J. Janani, N.B. Kar. A. Dubois. 2023. Larval morphology of selected anuran species from India. Alytes, 2023, 39–40: 1–140.
Komanduri, K P K, G. Sreedharan, K. Vasudevan. 2023. Abundance and composition of forest-dwelling anurans in cashew plantations in a tropical semi-evergreen forest landscape. Biotropica 55(3): 594-604. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13210
Bhatia, S. Blotra, A. K. Vasudevan. 2022. Evaluating antivenom efficacy against Echis carinatus venoms—screening for in vitro alternatives. Toxins 2022, 14, 481. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070481
Jha, A., S Sevirathne, HS Prayag, K. Vasudevan. 2021. Phylogeny identifies multiple colonisation events and Miocene aridification as drivers of South Asian Bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) diversification. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. Evolution 21, 783–794 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00506-y
Srivastava, T. & K. Vasudevan. 2021. Conservation of hangul, Cervus hangulu – Paving the way ahead. Current Science 121(40): 485-489. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/121/04/0485.pdf
Education & Experience
| P.G: | Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare ; University of Edinburgh ; 1994 |
| Ph.D: | Amphibian species assemblages of the wet evergreen forests of southern Western Ghats of India and the effect of forest fragmentation on their diversity ; Utkal University ; 2001 |
| Post.Doc: | Animal population estimation methods ; Colorado State University ; 2000 |
| Experience: | Worked as Scientist at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun for 14 years |
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| Title | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Abundance and composition of forest-dwelling anurans in cashew plantations in a tropical semi-evergreen forest landscape. | Biotropica | 2023 |
| Larval morphology of selected anuran species from India. | Alytes | 2023 |
| A universal and efficient detection of chytridiomycosis infections in amphibians using novel quantitative PCR markers. | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases | 2023 |
| Evaluating antivenom efficacy against Echis carinatus venoms-screening for in vitro alternatives. | Toxins | 2022 |
| Conservation of hangul, Cervus hangulu - Paving the way ahead | Current Science 121(40): 485-489 | 2021 |
| Immunorecognition capacity of Indian polyvalent antivenom against venom toxins from two populations of Echis carinatus | Toxicon | 2021 |
| Phylogeny identifies multiple colonisation events and Miocene aridification as drivers of South Asian Bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) diversification. | Organisms Diversity and Evolution | 2021 |
| The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | 2021 |
| Bacterial Community in the Skin Microbiome of Frogs in a Coldspot of Chytridiomycosis Infection. Microbial Ecology | Microbial Ecology | 2021 |
| Demographic history of fragmented yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus population in Deccan Peninsula, India | Endangered Species Research | 2020 |
| Environmental niche modelling of globally threatened yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus for conservation prospects in the Deccan Peninsula, India | Current Science | 2020 |
| Demographic history of fragmented yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus population in Deccan Peninsula, India | Endangered Species Research In press | 2020 |
| Comparative proteomics of geographically distinct saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) venoms from India | Toxicon: X | 2020 |
| Environmental niche forecasts of globally threatened yellow-throated bulbul, Pycnonotus xantholaemus for conservation prospects in the Deccan peninsula, India | bioRxiv 633214 | 2019 |
| Niche dissociated assembly drives insular island community organization | Scientific Reports | 2018 |
| Using public surveys to reliably and rapidly estimate the distributions of multiple invasive species on the Andaman archipelago | Biotropica | 2018 |
| Phylogeny and conservation status of the Indian egg-eater snake, Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt, 1863 (Serpentes, Colubridae) | Amphibia-Reptilia | 2018 |
| Enzootic frog pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Asian tropics reveals high ITS haplotype diversity and low prevalence | Scientific Reports | 2018 |
| Amphibians of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands: distribution, natural history, and notes on taxonomy | Alytes | 2018 |
| Nomenclatural puzzle in early Xenophrys nomina (Megophryidae, Amphibia) solved with description of two new species from India (Darjeeling hills and Sikkim, India) | Alytes | 2017 |
| A new species of the genus Nasikabatrachus (Anura, Nasikabratrachidae) from the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, India | Alytes | 2017 |
| A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) | Zookeys | 2016 |
| Watch out where you sleep: Nocturnal sleeping behaviour of Bay Island lizards | PeerJ | 2016 |
| A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) | Zookeys | 2016 |
| Endocrine profiling of Endangered Tropical Chelonians using Non-Invasive Fecal Steroid Analyses | Chelonian Conservation Biology | 2015 |
| Impact of invasive spotted deer (Axis axis) on tropical island lizard communities in the Andaman archipelago | Biological Invasions | 2015 |
| Fine Scale Habitat Selection in Travancore Tortoises (Indotestudo travancorica) in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats | Journal of Herpetology | 2015 |
| The devil is in the detail: estimating species richness, density, and relative abundance of tropical island herpetofauna | BMC Ecology | 2015 |
| A New Species of the Genus Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from Eastern Himalaya | Asian Herpetological Research | 2015 |
| Nilssonia leithii (Gray 1872) – Leith’s Softshell Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: | Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5 | 2014 |
| Preliminary ethogram and in situ time-activity budget of the enigmatic cane turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica) from the Western Ghats, south India | Herpetological Conservation and Biology | 2014 |
| Observations on overwintering larvae of Tylototriton verrucosus (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Darjeeling, Himalaya, India | Salamandra | 2014 |
| Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson 1912) – Cochin Forest Cane Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and T | Chelonian Research Monographs | 2014 |
| Impact of dams on riparian frog communities in the southern Western Ghats, India | Diversity | 2014 |
| Factors influencing occupancy of Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) population inside tropical Protected Areas in south India. [Highlights the insidious threat of furtive hunting that several secretive wildlife such as Travancore tortoise face within protected areas in the Western Ghats] | Oryx.[In press.] | 2014 |
| Aggressive interactions among male Cane Turtles Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912) | Herpetozoa | 2013 |
| Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891, (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) and assessment of its generic allocation | Herpetozoa | 2013 |
| Recent introduction and spread of Indian bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) into the Andaman Island | Aliens | 2013 |
| Feeding ecology of the Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) in the Anamalais, Western Ghats, India | Herpetology Notes | 2013 |
| Availability of nesting habitat may not drive colony formation in chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Merops leschenaulti in southern India | Journal of Bombay Natural History Society | 2013 |
| Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers of the common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus useful for genetic studies | Conservation Genetics Resources | 2013 |
| Molecular evolution of vertebrate neurotrophins: Co-option of the highly conserved nerve growth factor gene into the advanced snake venom arsenal.[We provide the first evidence that shows venom-secreted NGF follows the molecular evolutionary pattern of other venom components, and therefore, participates in prey envenomation] | PLoS ONE 8(11): e81827. | 2013 |
| Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India | Zootaxa | 2012 |
| Biodiversity values of abandoned teak, Tectona grandis plantations in southern Western Ghats: Is there a need for management intervention? | Basic and Applied Ecology | 2012 |
| Molecular phylogeny of the softshell turtle genus Nilssonia revisited, with first records of N. formosa for China and wild-living N. nigricans for Bangladesh | Vertebrate Zoology | 2012 |
| A survey of herpetofauna on Long Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | Herpetological Bulletin | 2012 |
| Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas | Nature | 2012 |
| Larval morphology and ontogeny of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju & Bossuyt, 2003 (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from Western Ghats, India | Zootaxa | 2012 |
| Biodiversity values of abandoned teak, Tectona grandis plantations in southern Western Ghats: Is there a need for management intervention?.[We provide evidence that mere abandonment of teak plantations within protected areas will not improve biodiversity values. The need for actively managing teak plantations within PAs in India has emphasized] | Basic and Applied Ecology 13(2012): 139-148. | 2012 |
| Molecular phylogeny of the softshell turtle genus Nilssonia revisited, with first records of N. formosa for China and wild-living N. nigricans for Bangladesh.[The phylogenetic relationship among Asian Nilssonia turtles was constructed. The study also revealed the occurrence of wild relict population of black softshell turtle, thought to be extinct in the wild] | Vertebrate Zoology 62(2): 261-272. | 2012 |
| Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas.[Tropical ecologists world-wide provide evidence for alarming levels deterioration within tropical protected areas world-wide. Consistent patterns across continents and the need for strengthening PAs is highlighted] | Nature 489: 290-294. | 2012 |
| Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India.[The genus of arboreal skinks (Dasia) is represented in southeast Asia, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. We resolved the phylogeny of these skinks and described a new species] | Zootaxa 3233: 37 | 2012 |
| A new species of Coryphophylax Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 (Sauria: Iguania: Agamidae) from the Andaman Islands, India.[A new species of arboreal lizard endemic some islands in the Andaman archipelago has been described with details of its natural history] | Zootaxa 3451: 31-45. | 2012 |
| Utilization of wild caught animals in education: a case of rampant vivisections in India | Current Science | 2011 |
| Monitoring of breeding in Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae) in the southern Western Ghats, India | Herpetology Notes | 2011 |
| Indotestudo travancorica (Boulenger, 1907) – Travancore tortoise. In: A.G.J. Rhodin, P.C.H. Pritchard, P. Paul van Dijk, R.A. Saumure, K.A. Buhlmann, J.B. Iverson, and R.A. Mittermeier. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtle and Tortoises: A com | Chelonian Research Monographs | 2011 |
| Behavior of Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus Linn. 1758 during the mating period in a natural population | Open Journal of Ornithology | 2010 |
| Redescription of Bibron’s coral snake, Calliophis bibroni 1858 with notes and new records from south of the Palghat and Shencottah gaps of the Western Ghats, India | Hamadryad | 2010 |
| Preliminary observations on the diet of the cane turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica) | Hamadryad | 2009 |
| Report on mass mortality of frogs in Son Chiriya Wildllife Sanctuary, Gwalior, India | Journal of Bombay Naturalist Society | 2009 |
| Density and microhabitat association of Salea anamallayana (Beddome, 1878) in Eravikulam National Park, Western Ghats, India | Herpetological Journal | 2008 |
| Density and diversity of forest floor amphibians in the rainforests of the southern Western Ghats, India | Herpetologica | 2008 |
| Density and diversity of forest floor amphibians in the rainforests of the southern Western Ghats, India.[Density and species diversity of forest floor amphibians from the Western Ghats were quantified. Comparisons were made with datasets available from other tropical sites and existing hypotheses on were tested] | Herpetologica 64(2): 207-215. | 2008 |
| Pernicious ‘new’ frog descriptions from the Western Ghats, India | Current Science | 2007 |
| Patterns in diversity of anurans along an elevational gradient in the Western Ghats, south India | Journal of Biogeography | 2007 |
| Patterns in diversity of anurans along an elevational gradient in the Western Ghats, south India.[Frog species richness, their reproductive modes and the proportion endemic along an elevational gradient in the Western Ghats is strongly influenced by habitat and soil temperature] | Journal of Biogeography 34: 843-852. | 2007 |
| Evaluating adaptive cluster sampling: Application to terrestrial herpetofauna in tropical rainforests, south India | Wildlife Society Bulletin | 2006 |
| Species Turnover: the case of stream amphibians of rainforests in the Western Ghats, Southern India | Biodiversity and Conservation | 2006 |
| Evaluating adaptive cluster sampling: Application to terrestrial herpetofauna in tropical rainforests, south India. [The efficacy of a novel method for sampling rare and clustered populations was tested with forest floor dwelling frogs. The efficiency of this method in comparison with other methods is presented] | Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(1): 59-68. | 2006 |
| Species Turnover: the case of stream amphibians of rainforests in the Western Ghats, Southern India.[Stream frogs show extremely restricted distribution, with some of them confined to just one valley in the mountains of the Western Ghats. The turnover of species between drainages and between mountain ranges explains the enormous diversity of frogs in the entire Western Ghats] | Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 3515-3525 | 2006 |
| Diet of Lapemis curtus (Hydrophiidae) along the coast of Goa, western India | Copeia | 2005 |
| Diet of Lapemis curtus (Hydrophiidae) along the coast of Goa, western India.[Shaw`s sea snake is a common by catch in coastal trawl fishery. Mortality of sea snakes caused due to trawling and the representation of heavily exploited commercial fish in the diet of the sea snake is highlighted] | Copeia 3: 636-640 | 2005 |
| Jurassic frogs and the evolution of amphibian endemism in the Western Ghats | Current Science | 2004 |
| The biodiversity bandwagon: the splitters have it | Current Science | 2004 |
| Weight-length relationships in two species of marine snakes along Goa coast, western India | Hamadryad | 2004 |
| Jurassic frogs and the evolution of amphibian endemism in the Western Ghats. [Frogs endemic to the Western Ghats represent ancient lineage dating back to Jurassic period with deep phylogenetic splits, pointing at the evolutionary history encompassed in them. Description of a species is also provided] | Current Science 86(1): 211-216. | 2004 |
| A report on sexual dimorphism in Rana temporalis (Günther 1864) | Hamadryad | 2003 |
| Herpetofaunal mortality in roads on Anamalai hills, southern Western Ghats | Hamadryad | 2001 |
| A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India | Hamadryad | 2000 |
| Structure and composition of rainforest floor amphibian communities in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve | Current Science | 2000 |
| Reproductive ecology of gangetic soft-shell turtle Aspideretes gangeticus in Chambal | Chelonian Conservation Biology | 1999 |
| Nesting ecology of mugger (Crocodylus plaustris) in Amaravathi, southern India | Hamadryad | 1998 |
| Rediscovery of the Black Microhylid frog, Melanobatrachus indicus (Beddome 1878) | Journal of Bombay Natural History Society | 1997 |
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