Indian Hotspots, 1st ed. 2018 Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 2

This book offers a comprehensive account of India?s four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With a focus on tropical rainforests, it includes more than 30 chapters covering different vertebrate fauna e.g. fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as topics such as conservation and management aspects.

Written by experts in the field of biodiversity conservation and management, it offers ample new insights into a number of subjects related to the faunal communities of tropical forest ecosystems, providing a valuable resource for conservationists and researchers in the field of flora and fauna diversity.

Chapter 1 Hotspots - An Introduction and Role in Conservation.- Chapter 2 Notes On Snakes of The Genus Bungarus (Serpentes: Elapidae) From Northeast India.- Chapter 3 Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- Chapter 4 Observations on Oviposition, Egg Clutches and Hatching in Endangered Tree Frog Polypedates Insularis Das, 1995 from Great Nicobar Island, India.- Chapter 5 Diversity of Reptiles in the Indian Biodiversity Hotspots.- Chapter 6 Avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an Updated Checklist.- Chapter 7 Is Southern Spotted Owlet Athene BramaBrama (Temminck 1821) Serving as a Bio-control Agent of Agricultural Pests? A Case Study From Cauvery Deltaic Regions in Southern India.- Chapter 8 Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- Chapter 9 Mammals of Arunachal Pradesh, India.- Chapter 10 Diversity and Distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayas.- Chapter 11 An Updation of Mammals of Western Ghats.- Chapter 12 Population Status, Group Size, Distribution and Human Disturbances on the Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithicus Johnii) in the Upper Nilgiris, Western Ghats, Southern India.- Chapter 13 Status and distribution of Nigiri Tahr in the Western Ghats.- Chapter 14 Conservation Threats on Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures in the Tamil Nadu Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India.- Chapter 15 The Bat Fauna of Meghalaya, Northeast India: Diversity and Conservation.- Chapter 16 Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India.- Chapter 17 Conservation Status and Guidelines for the Maintenance of Endangered Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa Macroura in Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary.- Chapter 18 Crop Damage by Wild Animals in Thrissur District, Kerala, India.- Chapter 19 People Participation in Biodiversity Conservation.- Chapter 20 Colonization of Large Wildlife in Rehabilitated Forests of Lowland in Chitwan National Park’s Buffer Zone, Nepal.

Dr. Chandrakasan Sivaperuman

Dr. C. Sivaperuman, is currently a Scientist-D at the Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair. He received his master’s degree in wildlife biology from Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, and his doctorate degree in ecology of wetland birds in the Vembanad-Kole Ramsar site from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala, and Forest Research Institute, Deemed University, Dehra Dun. He has been extensively involved in field surveys in different parts of the country. He has published more than 200 research papers in national and international journals and newsletters. He also authored/edited more than 25 books published by respected national and international publishers. He has participated in 36^th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica during 2016-2017 and carried out studies on the species abundance and distribution of birds and mammals in Antarctica. He has participated and presented research papers at 60 national and international seminars and symposia. He is life member of various scientific societies in India and abroad.

Dr. Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman 

Dr. Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman, former Director Zoological Survey of India, is presently working as a senior Scientific Consultant at the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University, Chennai.

His research areas include coastal and marine biodiversity assessment, coral reef restoration, integrated management of coastal, marine and wetland ecosystems, biodiversity laws and policies. He is an expert on strategy formulation, climate change resilience in management of marine ecosystem, meiofaunal assemblage in Antarctic ecosystem, and training and organizing awareness programmes on faunal resources conservation. He has 37 years of research experience in faunal diversity studies, and has served at Madurai Kamaraj University, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), National Biodiversity Authority,