Editorial

Strategic protection of Asian rhinos: the conservation success of the greater one-horned rhinoceros
Arup Kumar Hazarika, Unmilan Kalita, Chittaranjan Baruah

Full Length Research Paper

A new species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Nicobar archipelago with an expanded description of Cnemaspis andersonii (Annandale 1905) of the Andaman Islands
S.R. Chandramouli

Floristic composition and species diversity of plant communities associated with genus Atriplex in Nile Delta coast, Egypt
Yasser A. El-Amier , Luay Y. El Hayyany

Population Status demography and conservation of Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei in an isolated habitat of Kakoijana Reserve forest, Assam, India
Anindita Chakravarty, Malabika Kakati Saikia, Prasanta Kumar Saikia

Habitat Suitability Model to Determine a Suitable Area for Translocation of Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae Pocock, 1929)
Dolly Priatna

Species Richness and Conservation Status of Cave Bats in Agusan Del Sur, Philippines
Ian Carlmichael J. Perez, Olga M. Nuneza

A contribution on morphology and distribution of the Rock Toad Duttaphrynus hololius (Gunther, 1876) with first report on deformity, calling and breeding behaviours (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)
S. R. Ganesh, S. Brihadeesh, B. Laxmi Narayana, Shaik Hussain and G. Chethan Kumar

A review of the Gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago with the description of two new species from the Nicobar Islands
S.R. Chandramouli

Ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argane (Argania spinosa , L) ecosystem: Response to grazing impact in Souss valley, Southwest Morocco
Abdelhadi Ajerrar, Rachid Bouharroud, Mina Zaafrani, Naima Ait Aabd, Redouan Qessaoui, Hilal Bahadou, El Hassan Mayad, Abdelghani Tahiri, Bouchra Chebli

Exploration of Lichens diversity from Mizoram with addition of Pyrenula dissimulans(Pyrenulaceae) a new record to India
Nurpen Meitei Thangjam, Awadhesh Kumar, Kewat Sanjay Kumar, Amritesh Chandra Shukla, Dalip Kumar Upreti

Mitochondrial D-loop based genetic characterization of two Francolin species from a part of Himalayan foothills
Anand Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Sharma

Diversity of medicinal wild fruits in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India
Hage Asha and Ayam Victor Singh

Assessment on diversity, distribution and conservation status of Indian freshwater pond mussel Lamellidens spp. from upper Brahmaputra basin of Assam
Jyotish Sonowal and Devid Kardong

Documentation of Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) Anurans in the Malnad regions of Chikkamagaluru district in Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India
Vishwajith H U,Pavan kumar K S, Keshavamurthy M V and Dayananda G Y

Floristic diversity assessment and Vegetation analysis of the upper altitudinal ranges of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana, India
Himanshi Dhiman, Harikesh Saharan, Somveer Jakhar

Influence of urbanization on roost selection of Asiatic Lesser Yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii (Leach, 1821)in Uttar Pradesh, India
Shani Kumar Bhartiy and Vadamalai Elangovan

Conservation of Curcuma caesia Roxb.- A critically endangered species via in vitro plant regeneration from organogenic callus
Indrani Sarma and A.C. Deka

Abundance, Assemblage, Habitat Characteristics and Seasonal Diversity of Waterbirds at Kalpakkam, South East Coast of India
T. Ramesh, K. Jahir Hussain, K. K. Satpathy, N.P.I. Das, P. Rajendran, M. Selvanayagam

Short Communication

On the identification of shieldtail snakes of the genus Platyplectrurus Gunther, 1868 (Squamata: Uropeltidae), with complementary diagnoses
S.R.Ganesh and P. Bharath Simha

Capillipedium magdaleni M.R.Almeida.: A new locality and Taxonomic treatment of a Rare, Endemic grass from Western Ghats area of Karnataka, India
Abhijit H U, Y L Krishnamurthy

Impact and assessment of wildlife mortalities on road due to vehicular movements in Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India
Rakesh Kumawat and Ashok Purohit

Distribution of Himalayan Grey Langur, Semnopithecus ajax, Pocock 1928 in Himachal Pradesh, India
Vikram Singh and DR Thakur