Kartik Shanker

Kartik Shanker, Indian herpetologist.

Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, India.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Vijayakumar, S.P., Dinesh, K.P., Prabhu, M.V. & Shanker, K. 2014. Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment. Zootaxa 3893(4): 451–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1 Reference page.

Dinesh, K.P., Vijayakumar, S.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Torkesar, V.R., Kulkarni, N.U. & Shanker, K. 2015. Systematic status of Fejervarya (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 3999(1): 79–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Dinesh, K.P., Vijayakumar, S.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Torsekar, V.R., Kulkarni, N.U. & Shanker, K. 2015. K.P. DINESH, S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR, B.H. CHANNAKESHAVAMURTHY, VARUN R. TORSEKAR, NIRMAL U. KULKARNI & KARTIK SHANKER (2015) SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF FEJERVARYA (AMPHIBIA, ANURA, DICROGLOSSIDAE) FROM SOUTH AND SE ASIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS OF PENINSULAR INDIA. Zootaxa, 3999(1): 079–094. Zootaxa 4033(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Pal, S., Vijayakumar, S.P., Shanker, K., Jayarajan, A. & Deepak, V. 2018. A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species. Zootaxa 4482(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. Reference page.

Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Ganesh, S.R., Pal, S.P., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Shanker, K. 2019. Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0218851. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 Reference page.

Deepak, P., Dinesh, K.P., Ohler, A., Shanker, K., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H. & Ashadevi, J.S. 2020. A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystems of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa 4885(3): 423–436. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.3.6 Reference page.
Dinesh, K.P., Vijaykumar, S.P., Ramesh, V., Jayarajan, A., Chandramouli, S.R. & Shanker, K. 2020. A new lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 266–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.7 Reference page.
Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Pal, S.P., D’Souza, P.M., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1 Reference page.

Ganesh, S.R., Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Shanker, K. & Vogel, G. 2021. A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species. Zootaxa 4981(3): 449–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2 Reference page.
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.
Srikanthan, A.N., Adhikari, O.D., Ganesh, S.R., Deuti, K., Das, K., Kulkarni, V.M., Gowande, G.G. & Shanker, K. 2021. A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India. Zootaxa 5016(2): 205–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.3 Reference page.

Kuttalam, S., Santra, V., Owens, J.B., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N., Graham, S., Togridou, A., Bharti, O.K., Shi, J.-S., Shanker, K. & Malhotra, A. 2022. Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of Gloydius himalayanus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 852(1): 1–30. DOI: 0.5852/ejt.2022.852.2003 Reference page.
Srikanthan, A.N., Adhikari, O.D., Mallik, A.K., Campbell, P.D., Bhatt, B.B., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2022. Taxonomic revaluation of the Ahaetulla prasina (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) complex from Northeast India: resurrection and redescription of Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 839: 120–148. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.839.1937 Reference page.

Das, I., Gowri Shankar, P., Swamy, P., Williams, R.C., Lalremsanga, H.T., Prashanth, P., Sahoo, G., Vijayakumar, S.P., Höglund, J., Shanker, K., Dutta, S.K., Ganesh, S.R. & Wüster, W. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 961: 1–51. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.961.2681 Reference page.
Cyriac, V.P., Ganesh, S.R., Madani, Z., Ghosh, A., Kulkarni, V. & Shanker, K. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3(2): 1–25. DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630 Reference page.