Kartik Shanker

Kartik Shanker, Indian herpetologist

• Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, India.

• 6taxon names authored by Kartik Shanker

2015

• Dinesh, K.P., Vijayakumar, S.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Torkesar, V.R., Kulkarni, N.U. & Shanker, K. 2015. Systematic status of Fejervarya (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 3999(1): 79–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Dinesh, K.P., Vijayakumar, S.P., Channakeshavamurthy, B.H., Torsekar, V.R., Kulkarni, N.U. & Shanker, K. 2015. K.P. DINESH, S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR, B.H. CHANNAKESHAVAMURTHY, VARUN R. TORSEKAR, NIRMAL U. KULKARNI & KARTIK SHANKER (2015) SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF FEJERVARYA (AMPHIBIA, ANURA, DICROGLOSSIDAE) FROM SOUTH AND SE ASIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM THE WESTERN GHATS OF PENINSULAR INDIA. Zootaxa, 3999(1): 079–094. Zootaxa 4033(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.10. Full article (PDF) 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. 

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.