Mahendra Devanda

A random survey documenting the avifauna was conducted from December 2018 to December 2020 in agricultural-rural areas in Cheethwari villages and adjoining areas from Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India. During the survey, ninety-six species belonging to 48 families under 16 orders were recorded viz. Muscicapidae (6), Columbidae (5), Phasianidae (5),...

Opportunistic observations on Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) are from six different localities viz., Rishikesh temple, Kue Sagna village, Markundeshwar temple, Government College from Abu Road Tehsil, Selwara Dam in Reodar Tehsil and West Banas Dam in Pindwara Tehsil of Sirohi district in Southern Rajasthan, India. The species is listed in the...

During the early phase of the lockdown when the traffic had reduced and factory sounds diminished, people became more aware of the sounds of the nature around them. As the noise pollution reduced the calls of the bird were more refined and clearer. People were forced to look around in their neighbourhood. This is where activities like Balcony birdi...

Locating roosting sites of the Indian Flying fox, Pteropus giganteaus(Brünnich, 1782)from Abu Road, Tehsil, in Sirohi District Rajasthan, India was conducted from April to March 2022. Six roosting sites viz., Mungthala village, Soorpagla Village, Aarna Village, Mount Abu, Ghosi Mohalla and Maval village of Abu Road Tehsil were identified. The highe...

Mahadevapura is a village near to the Mandya district in the Karnataka state of India. The present study was first of its kind done to document the bird diversity and their habitat which in the future would serve as an aid for conservation purpose. A total of 22 species of birds were recorded that belonging to 9 orders and 16 families. Purpose of o...

Fifty-two species of birds belonging to 29 families were recorded in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The highest number of species belonged to the family Muscicapidae with eight, Accipitridae, Bucerotidae, Columbidae, Phasianidae, and Pycnonotidae each with three species, while Ardeidae, Campephagidae, Falconidae, Megalaimidae, Phyll...

Bengal Monitor Lizard, Varanus benghalensis, occurs on places, which are far from human settlements but in the present study, its presence was reported for the first time at three different public places in Itanagar, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh, the eastern Himalayan region. The sites of observation are parts of or adjacent to the Itanag...

Eighteen bird species were observed opportunistically during May-October 2017 at Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India, Itanagar. The species observed belong to Least Concern (LC) status of the IUCN. Future studies on the diversity dynamics, seasonal trends and the relationship with microclimate needs to be undertaken

The Pleurostict beetle Anomaladimidiata ssp. dimidiata (Hope 1831)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) has a geographical distribution from Arunachal Pradesh(Itanagar), Assam, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and WestBengal in India (Chandra and Gupta, 2012). The present observations are the species feeding on Taro from Yazali(27.40...

The present observations on white grub, Holotrichia consanguinea (Blanchard) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) are from Cheetwari Village (270 9' 02.0'' N 75048' 54.9'' E) in Chomu tehsil, Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India. The adults were found emerging at dusk in large numbers and actively foraging on Jamun (Syzygium cumini) and neem plan...

A study was conducted to understand the crop raiding by the blue bulls, Boselaphus tragocamelus in Chomu tehsil of Jaipur Rural district (Rajasthan) through a perception survey on crop damage and management measures practiced. The Socio-cultural sentiments and legislations rendering safety to the blue bulls irrespective of their interface in crop e...

A preliminary survey report on the amphibian diversity of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

A pilot survey to record the diversity of the aquatic birds of Mela Maidan sewage pond (MMSP) surrounded by scrub forest near Didwana Lake in Nagaur district of Rajasthan was undertaken. The survey was conducted during the winter season of the year 2019. Seventeen aquatic species belonging to eight families were recorded. All the species recorded f...

A pilot survey to record the diversity of the aquatic birds of Mela Maidan sewage pond (MMSP) surrounded by scrub forest near Didwana Lake in Nagaur district of Rajasthan was undertaken. The survey was conducted during the winter season of the year 2019. Seventeen aquatic species belonging to eight families were recorded. All the species recorded f...

Numerous Indian bipaliid land planarian fauna await discovery and description introducing them to the world of systematic. The campus provided a damp terrestrial habitat favorable for the flatworms as they are prone to desiccation. The land planarians are classified into three families, rhynchodemidae (with two eyes close to the anterior margin) wh...

The amphibian diversity of Arunachal Pradesh has increased by 3 species after studying the backlog collection of APRC/ZSI, Itanagar. The 3 species belongs to 3 genera, 3 families and 1 order. Of the 3 species, 1 species is least concern, 1 is data deficit and 1 not evaluated as per IUCN.

During the present observations different life stages of T. javanica (Fig.1) were observed on two trees of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. (Soapnut tree) (Fam.Sapindaceae), one in the APRC/ZSI (Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre of Zoological Survey of India) office premises (Site 1) and the other tree in the APRC residential quarters (Site 2)