Rajesh Vithoba Sanap

Rajesh Vithoba Sanap, Indian herpetologist.

National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India.
E-mail: rajeshvsanap@gmail.com

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(List may be incomplete)

Javed, S.M.M., Rao, K.T., Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Tampal, F. 2010. A new species of scorpion of the genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India. Euscorpius 98: 1-11. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Mirza, Z.A. & Sanap, R.V. 2013. Revalidation of the tarantula genus Phlogiodes Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Thrigmopoeinae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 2(2): 17–21. Reference page.

Mirza, Z.A. & Sanap, R.V. 2014. A new cryptic species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Southern India. Taprobanica 6(1): 12–20. DOI: 10.4038/tapro.v6i1.7056 Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Bhosale, H. 2014 Description of a new species of arboreal tarantula of the genus Poecilotheria Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Satpura Hills, Central India. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 29(2): 60-65. Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Bhosale, H. 2014a. Preliminary review of Indian Eumenophorinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with description of a new genus and five new species from the Western Ghats. PLoS One 9(2): e87928. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087928. . Reference page.
Zambre, A.M., Sanap, R.V. & Mirza, Z.A. 2014. A new high-elevation scorpion species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae) from the Himalayas, India. Comptes Rendus Biologies 337: 399-404. Reference page.

Sanap, R.V. & Mirza, Z.A. 2015. A new large trapdoor spider species of the genus Heligmomerus Simon 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 242–246. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2015.07.004 Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. Lessert’s rainbow spider, Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from new localities in South India. Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 83-87. Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Kunte, K. 2016. A new species of the genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeast India. Euscorpius 215: 1-11. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Vyas, R., Patel, H., Maheta, J. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0148380. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148380 Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Vyas, R., Patel, H., Maheta, J. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. Correction: A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0154301. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154301 Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Prajapati, D.A., Maheshwari, N.R. & Sanap, R.V. 2017a. Redescription and synonymy of Stenaelurillus arambagensis (Biswas et Biswas, 1992) comb.n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 119-123. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Mirza, Z.A., Sanap, R.V. & Kunte, K. 2017. A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(1): 32-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2016.03.013. . Reference page.
Sanap, R.V., Joglekar, A., Prajapati, D.A. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2017. Two new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4318(1): 135–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6. Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Patel, K.G., Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2018a: First description of the female of Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India, with notes on the species’ distribution and life history. Arthropoda Selecta 27(2): 143-153. Reference page.

Sanap, R.V., Caleb, J.T.D. & Joglekar, A. 2019. A new species of the hisponine jumping spiders from India (Araneae: Salticidae), with some observations on its life history. Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 113–124. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.1.09. . Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Prajapati, D.A. & Bambhaniya, P. 2021.Taxonomic notes on two jumping spider species of the genus Epocilla Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India and Pakistan. Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 221-229. Reference page.
Prajapati, D.A., Kumbhar, S.B., Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V. & Kamboj, R.D. 2021. Description of two new species of the tribe Chrysillini Simon, 1901 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 230-238. Reference page.

Caleb, T.D.J., Sanap, R.V., Tripathi, R., Sampathkumar, M., Dharmara, J., & Packiam, S.M. 2022a. Taxonomic notes on some South and Southeast Asian members of the genus Rhene Thorell, 1869 (Aranei, Salticidae, Dendryphantini). Zootaxa 5125(4): 389–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.4.3. . Reference page.
Sanap, R.V., Caleb, J.T.D. 2022. A new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from western India. Evolutionary Systematics. 6(1): 65–70. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.81259 Reference page.

Caleb, T.D.J., Sudhin, P.P., Nisha, B.G., Maliye, C.C., Sanap, R.V., Kadam, G. & Sen, S. 2025. Novel additions to the jumping spider subfamily Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 from India (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeini). European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 77–98. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2925. . Reference page.