Anita Malhotra

Anita Malhotra, Indian herpetologist.

• School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdon.

Taxon names authored

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• 7 taxon names authored by Anita Malhotra

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

• Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page. 
• Herrmann, H.-W., Ziegler, T., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Redescription and systematics of Trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes: Viperidae) based on morphology and molecular data. Herpetologica 60(2): 211–221. DOI: 10.1655/03-37 Reference page. 

2005

• Gübitz, T., Thorpe, R.S. & Malhotra, A. 2005. The dynamics of genetic and morphological variation on volcanic islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 272(1564): 751–757. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3018 Reference page. 

2007

• Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Li, P.-P., Pook, C.E. & Creer, S. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17(4): 237–246. Reference page. 
• Thorpe, R.S., Pook, C.E. & Malhotra, A. 2007. Phylogeography of the Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) complex in relation to variation in the colour pattern and symptoms of envenoming. The Herpetological Journal 17(4): 209–218. PDF Reference page. 

2010

• Guo, P., Jadin, R.C., Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2010. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91(4): 402–407. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00413.x Reference page. 
• Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. & Thorpe, R.S. 2010. Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(1): 172–178. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.007 Reference page. 

2021

• Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Ganesh, S.R., Vijayakumar, S.P., Campbell, P.D., Malhotra, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 577–619. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e66239 Reference page. 
• Shi, J.-S., Liu, J.-C., Giri, R., Owens, J.B., Santra, V., Kuttalam, S., Selvan, M., Guo, K.-J. & Malhotra, A. 2021. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. ZooKeys 1061: 87–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420 Reference page.