Saunak Pal

Saunak Pal, Indian herpetologist.

• Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
• Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Sálim Ali Chowk, Mumbai, India.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 36 taxon names authored by Saunak Pal

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2010

• Mirza, Z. A., Pal, S. & Sanap, R. V. 2010. Notes on a ground gecko Geckoella cf. collegalensis Beddome, 1870 (Squamata, Sauria, Gekkonidae) from India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 8-14.

2011

• Ganesh, S. R., Sreekar, R., Pal, S. P., Ramchandra, G., Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2011. Discovery and first description of male Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Agumbe, central Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(8): 2023-2027.

2013

• Pal, S. P., Gaikwad, K. S., Murthy, C. & Dutta, S. K. 2013. New locality records of the recently described gecko Hemidactylus aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 with additional notes on natural history.

2014

• Mirza, Z.A., Pal, S., Bhosale, H.S. & Sanap, R.V. 2014. A new species of gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 3815(4): 494–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.2 Reference page. 

2016

• Agarwal, I., Mirza, Z.A., Pal, S., Maddock, S.T., Mishra, A. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western India. Zootaxa 4170(2): 339–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.7 Reference page. 

2018

• 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. 
• Srikanthan, A.N., Swamy, P., Mohan, A.V. & Pal, S. 2018. A distinct new species of riparian rock-dwelling gecko (genus: Hemidactylus) from the southern Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4434(1): 141–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.9 Reference page. 

2019

• 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. 
• Mirza, Z.A., Warekar, P., Mohapatra, P.P., Raju, D., Patil, P., Dutta, S.K. & Pal, S. 2019. “Endangered or an artifact of unsound taxonomy? Case of the critically endangered bush frog Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997”. Zootaxa 4683(4): 563–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.6 pdf Reference page. 

2020

• Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Pal, S., Srikanthan, A.N. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 249–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.6 Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T., Pal, S. & Khandekar, A. 2020. Granite boulders act as deep-time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58(4): 1234–1261. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12391 Reference page. 
• Khandekar, A., Thackeray, T., Pal, S. & Agarwal, I. 2020. A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4801(1): 57–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.2 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. 

2021

• Pal, S., Mirza, Z.A., D’Souza, P.M. & Shanker, K. 2021. Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Research 42(6): 675–691. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.074 Reference page. 
• Gowande, G., Pal, S., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Phansalkar, P.U., Dsouza, P., Jayarajan, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 669–696. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e62787 Reference page. 

2022

• Das A, Gower DJ, Narayanan S, Pal S, Boruah B, Magar S, Das S, Moulick S, Deepak V. 2022. Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138(4): 417–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4
• Das, S., Pal, S., Siddharth, S., Palot, M.J., Deepak, V. & Narayanan, S. 2022. A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 81–94. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e76046 Reference page. 
• Das, A., Gower, D.J., Narayanan, S., Pal, S., Boruah, B., Magar, S., Das, S., Moulick, S. & Deepak, V., 2022. Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138(4): 417–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4 Reference page. 
• Pal, S. & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. A New Species of Large-Bodied Gecko of The Genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 from Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 119: 1–8. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/167364 Reference page. 

2023

• Narayanan, S., Pal, S., Grismer, L.L. & Aravind, N.A. 2023. A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Eastern Ghats, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 189–203. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101311 Reference page. 

2024

• 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.