Santosh Bhattarai

Santosh Bhattarai, Nepali herpetologist.

• Nepal Conservation and Research Center, Ratnanagar-06, Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 6 taxon names authored by Santosh Bhattarai

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2020

• Rawat, Y.B., Bhattarai, S., Poudyal, L.P. & Subedi, N. 2020. Herpetofauna of Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(5): 15587–15611.
• Wang, K., Bhattarai, S., Wu, Y., Chen, J. & Siler, C.D. 2020. Resurrection of Amolops nepalicus Yang, 1991 (Amphibia: A.ura: Ranidae), with Comments on the Record of A. cf. afghanus in Nepal and China and the Validity of Two Other Junior Synonyms of A. marmoratus (Blyth, 1855). Zootaxa 4819(1): 143–158. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.7 Reference page. 

2025

• Bhattarai, S., Gautam, B., Neupane, B.P., Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Agarwal, I., Tillack, F., Olson, A.R., Hogan, F. & Wright, W. 2025. A review of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Nepal with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 5594(3): 401–451. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.3.1 Reference page. 
• Bhattarai, S., Gautam, B., Neupane, B.P., Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Agarwal, I., Olson, A.R., Hogan, F. & Wright, W. 2025. Description of two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Nepal. ZooKeys 1253: 131–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.161933 Reference page. 

2026

• Gautam, B., Bhattarai, S., Neupane, B.P., Pokheral, C.P., Thackeray, T., Khandekar, A., Cyriac, V.P. & Agarwal, I. 2026. Middle Miocene biogeographic connectivity between the Eastern Ghats and Nepal revealed by a new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) nebulosus complex (Reptilia, Squamata) from Nepal. ZooKeys 1275: 15–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1275.178507 Reference page.