Muhamed Jafer Palot

Muhamed Jafer Palot, Indian zoologist.

Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Jaferkhan Colony, Eranhipalam P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
E-mail: palot.zsi@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Cyriac, V.P., Johny, A., Umesh, P.K. & Palot, M.J. 2018. Description of two new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4459(1): 85–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.3 Reference page.
Sadasivan, K., Ramesh, M.B., Palot, M.J., Ambekar, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India. Zootaxa 4374(4): 545–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 Reference page.

Cyriac, V.P., Johny, A., Umesh, P., Palot, M.J. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Rediscovery of Cnemaspis nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda, 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kerala, India with notes on morphology and distribution. Zootaxa 4586(1): 98–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.4 Reference page.

Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ganesh, S.R., Patel, H., Deuti, K., Campbell, P.D., Palot, M.J., Karunarathna, S., Abinawanto, A. & Supriatna, J. 2021. Taxonomy and predicted distribution of a rare Indian skink, Eutropis innotata (Blanford, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with the redescription of its holotype. Zootaxa 4981(3): 577–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.8 Reference page.

Das, S., Pal, SA., Narayanan, S., Subin, K., Palot, M.J., Rajkumar, K.P. & Deepak, V. 2024. Discovery of a new species of kangaroo lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 151–168. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113084 Reference page.

Narayanan, S., Das, S., Ghosh, A., Palot, M.J., Umesh, P., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2025. Hidden in the Sky Islands: A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from montane habitats of Wayanad in the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 5666(4): 509–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.4.3 Reference page.
Sadasivan, K., Kochunarayanan, B., Chandrika, S.P., Augustine, T., Palot, M.J., Jose, J., Munnar, S. & Nair, V.P. 2025a. A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from the Western Ghats, Peninsular India. Entomon 50(2): 191-202. DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v50i2.1469. . Reference page.