Tejas Thackeray

Tejas Thackeray, Indian zoologist.

• 25 Matoshree, Kalanagar, Bandra East, Mumbai-400 051, Maharashtra, India.

Taxon names authored

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• 86 taxon names authored by Tejas Thackeray

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Tejas Thackeray

Publications

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2016

• Pati, S.K., Thackeray, T. & Khaire, A. 2016. Five new species of freshwater crabs of the genera Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, 2014, and Gubernatoriana Bott, 1970 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4083(4): 569–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.7 Reference page. 

2018

• Pati, S.K. & Thackeray, T. 2018. The freshwater crab genera Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, Gubernatoriana Bott, and Inglethelphusa Bott (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) revisited, with descriptions of a new genus and eleven new species. Zootaxa 4440(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4440.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2019. Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4656(1): 43–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.2 Reference page. 

2020

• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4845(4): 509–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.3 Reference page. 

2022

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2022. A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1137–1186. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e94799 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 115–142. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76308 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2022. Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 385–422. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e82343 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Pawar, S., Gangalmale, S. & Waghe, V. 2022. A new species of Chiromachetes Pocock, 1899 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Euscorpius - Occasional Publications in Scorpiology 354: 1-13. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2023

• Patel, H., Thackeray, T., Mirza, Z.A. & Vyas, R. 2023. A new species of naked-toed gecko Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 5254(3): 398–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.6 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Mariappan, R., Gangalmale, S., Waghe, V., Pawar, S. & Agarwal, I. 2023. A remarkable new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from scrublands at the southern tip of India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 433–450. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101871 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Kalaimani, A. & Agarwal, I. 2023. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 887–913. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e110512 Reference page. 

2024

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2024. A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23–83. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e110674 Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2024. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Natural History 58(41–44): 1803–1843. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats. ZooKeys 1196: 209–242. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T. & Agarwal, I. 2024. Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5443(4): 353–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.3 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Gaikwad, S.M., Thackeray, T., Gangalmale, S. & Agarwal, I. 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5429(1): 1–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5429.1.1 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Agarwal, I., Gangalmale, S., Kininge, S. & Gaikwad, S.M. 2024. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5463(4): 451–478. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1 Reference page. 
• Mirza, Z.A., Gowande, G., Thackeray, T., Bhosale, H., Sawant, M., Phansalkar, P. & Patel, H. 2024. A new montane-dwelling species of Japalura Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Taprobanica 13(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v13i1.317 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. 
• Mirza, Z.A., Pal, S., Thackeray, T., Patel, H. & Bauer, A.M. 2025. Taxonomic status of Coryphophylax maximiliani Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 with notes on Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, “1860” 1861). PeerJ 13: e19841. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19841 Reference page. 
• Patel, H., Bhardwaj, V.K., Thackeray, T., Campbell, P.D. & Mirza, Z.A. 2025. Phylogeny and Systematics of Oligodon juglandifer (Wall, 1909) with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Oligodon lipipengi Jiang, Wang, Li, Ding, Ding & Che in Che et al. 2020. Diversity 17(3): 143. DOI: 10.3390/d17030143 Reference page. 

2026

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T., Gangalmale, S., Satheeshkumar, M., Pal, S. & Khandekar, A. 2026. Spots amongst the stripes! Three new spotted species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata) from tiger conservation landscapes in peninsular India. Vertebrate Zoology 76: 421–454. DOI: 10.3897/vz.76.e192746 Reference page. 
• Gangalmale, S., Thackeray, T., Khandekar, A. & Gaikwad, S.M. 2026. A new species of the trapdoor spider genus Titanidiops Simon (Araneae: Idiopidae) from western Maharashtra, India. Journal of Natural History 60(5-8): 399-419. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2603654. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., He, Y., Mohapatra, A. & Agarwal, I. 2026. Gangaichthys indonepalicus, a new genus and species of miniature stygobitic earthworm eel (Synbranchiformes, Chaudhuriidae) from alluvial aquifers in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Bihar, northern India. ZooKeys 1289: 189–202. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1289.188089 Reference page. 
• Patel, H., Thackeray, T., Vyas, R. & Mirza, Z.A. 2026. A new species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) of the H. persicus complex from Aravalli hills, India. Zootaxa 5759(5): 526–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5759.5.2 Reference page. 
• Sanap, R.V., Tripathi, R., Caleb, T.D.J., Koli, H., Koli, V.K., Intodia, A. & Thackeray, T. 2026. Further notes on Indian Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 (Araneae: Salticidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5792(1): 183–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.1.11. Reference page.