Surya Narayanan

Surya Narayanan, Indian herpetologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Easa, P.S., Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4755(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2 Reference page.
Cyriac, V.P., Narayanan, S., Sampaio, F.L., Umesh, P. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India. Zootaxa 4778(2): 329–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5 Reference page.
Sampaio, F.L., Narayanan, S., Cyriac, V.P., Venu, G. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1 Reference page.

Balan, A., Jude, D., Narayanan, S., Varma, S. & Deepak, V. 2021. Morphological and genetic variation in populations of Sitana marudhamneydhal and the validity of Sitana attenboroughii. Zootaxa 4964(3): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.5 Reference page.
Deepak, V., Lalronunga, S., Lalhmingliani, E., Das, A., Narayanan, S., Das, I. & Gower, D.J. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 747–762. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e75967 Reference page.
Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Balan, A., Das, S. & Gower, D.J. 2021. A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 219–230. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e63986 Reference page.
Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Melvinselvan, G., Khan, A., Mahlow, K. & Tillack, F. 2021. Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of the Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 253–316. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e64345 Reference page.

Narayanan, S. & Aravind, N.A. 2022. A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Biligirirangan Hills of Southern India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 823–837. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89324 Reference page.
Narayanan, S., Das, S., Balan, A., Tom, R., Divakar, N., Rajkumar, K.P., Hopeland, P. & Deepak, V. 2022. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 729–743. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89660 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.
Boruah B, Deepak V., Narayanan S., & Das A. 2022. Morphological and molecular differences in two closely related Calotes Cuvier, 1817, with first record of Calotes medogensis Zhao and Li, 1984 from India. Zootaxa 5219 (5): 433–455. Reference page.
Deepak V., Cooper, N., Poyarkov, N.A., Kraus, F., Burin, G., Das, A., Narayanan, S., Streicher, J.W., Smith, S.-J. & Gower, D.J. 2022. Multilocus phylogeny, natural-history traits, and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 279–298. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099 Reference page.

Boruah, B., Narayanan, S., Gerard, J.D., Das, A. & Deepak, V. 2023. Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India. Systematics and Biodiversity 21(1): 2249891. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2249891 Reference page.
Narayanan, S., Das, S., Anvar, Y.M., Tillack, F., Mohapatra, P.P., Gower, D.J., Rajkumar, K.P. & Deepak, V. 2023. On the taxonomic validity of Boiga whitakeri Ganesh et al., 2021 with new insights on Boiga dightoni (Boulenger, 1894) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e97002 Reference page.
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.
Narayanan, S., Christopher, P., Raman, K., Mukherjee, N., Prabhu, P., Lenin, M., Vimalraj, S. & Deepak, V. 2023. A new species of rock-dwelling Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern Eastern Ghats, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 499–512. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e104494 Reference page.

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.