Debanik Mukherjee

Community Ecology of Reptiles in Anaikatty Hills, Western Ghats, India: Resource Utilization Patterns of Reptiles in the Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous Forests of Anaikatty Hills Debanik Mukherjee

My doctoral research work, Resource utilization patterns of Reptiles in the Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous Forests of Anaikatty Hills, Western Ghats, India, now published as a book. Ecological & taxonomic information?s on Reptiles of Tropical Dry forests of South-East Asia are scanty. Hence, its significance; which may further facilitate future research herpetologists to understand Reptile ecology in tropics. Alpha taxonomic description of a Colubrid species and a newly erected Gekkonid taxon is also included. Now the time to reanalyze ecology & taxonomy with biogeography, how Vicariance & Geo-dispersal allowed various Squamate reptiles (Sauria, Amphisbaenian & Ophidia) to evolve & adapt in different ecosystems on earth. Why some taxa are widely distributed, while others are not, Parallel, Convergent & Mosaic evolution. All these began with the continental drifting of land masses, dispersal & simultaneous species evolution. This may further give a better answer for today?s unstable taxonomic status of many taxa, speciation & rate of species extinction.