Vivek Cyriac

Publications

• Two new species of Raorchestes (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Silent Valley National Park in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, India
• Digging their own macroevolutionary grave: fossoriality as an evolutionary dead end in snakes
• Conspicuous colours reduce predation rates in fossorial uropeltid snakes
• A reappraisal of the rhacophorid bush frog Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882), with an evaluation of the taxonomic status of R. emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shankar, 2014
• To group or not to group: Effect of prolonged exposure to predation and resource availability on the shoaling behaviour of zebrafish (Danio rerio)
• Rediscovery of Cnemaspis Nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda, 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kerala, India with notes on morphology and distribution
• A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade
• First Report of Hemipenial Variation among Some Genera and Species of Shieldtail Snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India and Sri Lanka
• Should I stay or should I go: escape behaviour of Russell’s vipers, Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797) in India’s agricultural landscapes
• Current status of Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) with designation of a neotype
• 70 years of herpetology in India: insights into shifts in focal research areas and gender ratios among authors
• Natural history of the gecko hemidactylus prashadi: Demography, spatial partitioning, diet, and reproduction in a human-altered habitat
• A new cryptic species of cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: gekkonidae), in the c. littoralis complex, from anakkal, palakkad, kerala, india
• Description of a new ground-dwelling cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), From Kerala, Allied to c. wynadensis (Beddome, 1870)
• A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India
• A novel third species of the Western Ghats endemic genus Ghatixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of its tadpole
• Paleoclimate determines diversification patterns in the fossorial snake family Uropeltidae Cuvier, 1829
• A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)
• Warning signals promote morphological diversification in fossorial uropeltid snakes (Squamata: Uropeltidae)
• Description of two new species of cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: Gekkonidae) from the western ghats of kerala, India
• Don’t waste your time: predators avoid prey with conspicuous colors that signal long handling time
• Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India