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Cicada
Tiger beetle
Flesh fly
Mating grasshoppers
Spotted locust
Clear-winged forest glory
Hornet
Spider wasp
Long-jawed orb weaver
Wandering spider
Nursery web spider
Ogre-faced spider
Pill millipede
Land snail
Leech

Dead man’s fingers
Malabar tree toad
Cricket frog
Amboli bush frog
Niluvase Dancing Frog
Common tree frog
Bicoloured frog
Malabar gliding frog
Leaping frog
Forest skink
Roux’s forest lizard
Malabar pit viper
Large-eyed bronzeback

References:
Cicadas, 2018. Karthikeyan S.
Following the sound trail: pulling India’s cicadas out of oblivion, 2018. Manupriya. Mongabay India.
Monsoon Musicians: Songs of the Cicadas, 2020. Divya Candade. Roundglass Sustain.

References:
When tiger beetles chase prey at high speeds they go blind temporarily, Cornell entomologists learn, 1998. Blaine Friedlander. Cornell News.
The earliest tiger beetle from the Lower Cretaceous of China (Coleoptera: Cicindelinae), 2019. Xiangdong Zhao and others. Cretaceous Research.
The use of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in adapting hotspot conservation to global, regional, and local scales, 2023. David L. Pearson and Jürgen Wiesner. Journal of Insect Conservation.

References:
Multilocus and multiregional phylogeny reconstruction of the genus Sarcophaga (Diptera, Sarcophagidae), 2017. Eliana Buenaventura and Thomas Pape. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

References:
The hopper bands in Wayanad are not locusts, 2020. Dhaneesh Bhaskar. Down to Earth.
Agricultural attacks: After snails, farmers in Idukki battling spotted locust infestation, 2024. The Hindu Bureau.

References:
Dragonflies and damselflies of Peninsular India, 2005, KA Subramanian. Published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

References:
Phylogeny, landmark analysis and the use of wing venation to study the evolution of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae), 2016. Adrien Perrard and others. Cladistics.
Phylogenomic analysis of yellowjackets and hornets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Vespinae), 2017. Federico Lopez-Osorio and others. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Hornets and Honey Bees: A coevolutionary arms race between ancient adaptations and new invasive threats, 2021. Federico Cappa and others. Insects.

References:
Comparative ethology and systematics of spider wasps, 1953. Howard Ensign Evans. Systematic Biology.
Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family, 2015. Cecilia Waichert and others. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
A short review of the venoms and toxins of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), 2021. Daniel Dashevsky and Juanita Rodriguez. Toxins.

References:
Mr. Darwin’s mysterious spider: on the type species of the genus Leucauge White, 1841 (Tetragnathidae, Araneae), 2010, Dimitar Dimitrov and Gustavo Hormiga. Zootaxa.
Island time and the interplay between ecology and evolution in species diversification, 2015. Rosemary G Gillespie. Evolutionary Applications.
Molecular phylogeny of the orb-weaving spider genus Leucauge and the intergeneric relationships of Leucauginae (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), 2021. Jesús A. Ballesteros and Gustavo Hormiga. Invertebrate Systematics.

References:
Phylogenetic analysis of the tropical wolf spider subfamily Cteninae (Arachnida, Araneae, Ctenidae), 2014. Daniele Polotow and Antonio D Brescovit. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Molecular phylogeny of the tropical wandering spiders (Araneae, Ctenidae) and the evolution of eye conformation in the RTA clade, 2022. Nicolas A Hazzi and Gustavo Hormiga. Cladistics.

References:
Ogre-faced nest casting spiders use auditory cues to detect airborne prey, 2020. Jay A Stafstrom and others. Current Biology.
Biogeography and eye size evolution of ogre-faced spiders, 2022. Lisa Chamberland and others. Scientific Reports.
Nest-casting spiders India, 2022. Jitesh Pai and Vipin Baliga BS. JLR Explore.

References:
First phylogenetic analysis of giant pill millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism, 2009. Thomas Wesener and Didier VandenSpiegel. Cladistics.
Origins of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae), 2010. Thomas Wesener and others. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

References:
Lieut.—Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S (HH Godwin-Austen obituary), 1923. Nature.
The man who went up a mountain, 2017. Salman Rashid. Dawn.
Ariophanta wikipedia page.

References:
Dragonflies and damselflies of Peninsular India, 2005, KA Subramanian. Published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

References:
Fungus among us: An exploration of fungi in the Anamalai hills, 2012. Ranjini Murali and others. Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore.

References:
The Malabar tree toad dilemma, 2020. Nikhil Sreekandan. Nature inFocus.
Toads of Karnataka, 2022. Seshadri KS. JLR Explore.
Revisiting current distribution and future habitat suitability models for the endemic Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) using citizen science data, 2024. CK Aravind and others. Scientific Reports.

Call: https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/25575
https://youtu.be/UUjZs3srVhY

References:
Frog discovered in the Eastern Ghats also found in the Western Ghats, more than 1000 km away, 2020. Aathira Perinchery. Mongabay.
Importance of genetic data in resolving cryptic species: A century old problem of understanding the distribution of Minervarya syhadrensis Annandale 1919, (Anura: Dicroglossidae), 2020. Samadhan Phuge and Ajinkya Bharatraj Patil. Zootaxa.
DNA barcoding and systematic review of Minervaryan frogs (Dicroglossidae: Minervarya) of Peninsular India, 2021. Sonali Garg and SD Biju. Asian Herpetological Research.

Call: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minervarya_call.webm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsC3264lVr8

References:
Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus. Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species, 2009. SD Biju and Franky Bossuyt. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka – Timing and geographic context, 2019. Madhava Meegaskumbura and others. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Effects of land-use change and elevation on endemic shrub frogs in a biodiversity hotspot, 2024. H Lad and others. Animal Conservation.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2.

Call: https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/279454
https://youtu.be/W8HBXr3MKpI

References:
Multimodal signaling in the Small Torrent Frog (Micrixalus saxicola) in a complex acoustic environment, 2013. Doris Preininger. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology.
DNA barcoding reveals unprecedented diversity in Dancing Frogs of India (Micrixalidae, Micrixalus): a taxonomic revision with description of 14 new species, 2014. SD Biju and others. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).
Shaking a leg with the Kottigehar Dancing Frog, 2020. Rohan Chakravarty and Madhushri Mudke. Roundglass Sustain.

References:
Diversification of rhacophorid frogs provides evidence for accelerated faunal exchange between India and Eurasia during the Oligocene, 2013. Jia-Tang Li. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of Old World tree frogs, 2020. Jin-Min Chen. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Geographical range evolution of the genus Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Oligocene to present, 2021. Li-Mei Yuan. Zoological Research.

Call: https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/238353

References:
Evolutionary and biogeographic origins of high tropical diversity in old world frogs (Ranidae), 2009. John J Wiens and others. Evolution.
Frogs of Agumbe get ready for the monsoons.

Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBLYfqh1ybU

References:
Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour, 2013. SD Biju and others. Zootaxa.
The reanalysis of biogeography of the Asian tree frog, Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae): geographic shifts and climatic change influenced the dispersal process and diversification, 2017. Tao Pan and others. PeerJ.
High Life: Gliding frogs of the Western Ghats, 2019. Seshadri KS. Roundglass Sustain.
The resurgence of the Anaimalai flying frog, 2023. Smriti Mahesh. Nature inFocus.

Call: https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/29258

References:
Primitive breeding in an ancient Indian frog genus Indirana, 2014. Nikhil Gaitonde and Varad Giri, Current Science.
Molecular and morphological study of leaping frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with description of two new species, 2016. Sonali Garg and SD Biju. PLOS One.
Determining levels of cryptic diversity within the endemic frog genera, Indirana and Walkerana, of the Western Ghats, India, 2020. Vijay Ramesh and others. PLOS One.
IUCN 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2.

Call: https://figshare.com/articles/media/Indirana_chiravasi_call_zip/2063460?file=3667203

References:
Phylogeny of the Asian Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals an ‘into India’ endemic Indian radiation, 2012. Aniruddha Datta-Roy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Nature Watch: On the trail of skinks of the Western Ghats, 2014. Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Resonance Journal of Science Education.

References:
A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species, 2018. Saunak Pal and others. Zootaxa.
Anti-predatory sleep strategies are conserved in the agamid lizard Monilesaurus rouxii, 2020. Milena Bors and others. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology.

References:
Diversification in vipers: Phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence and shifts in speciation rates, 2016. Laura RV Alencar and others. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity, 2021. Ashok Kumar Mallik and others. Vertebrate Zoology.
The many morphs of the Malabar Pit Viper, 2022. Girish Gowda. JLR Explore.

References:
The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees, 2011. R Alexander Pyron and others. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
A species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with description of a new Colubrid subfamily and genus, 2016. Alex Figueroa and others. PLOS One.
Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India, 2019. Ashok Kumar Mallik and others. PLOS One.