This is an initial list of species with the respective team leader(s). If anyone is interested in
joining as a member of any of the following species teams or is interested to lead an
expedition team for other species not listed below, please feel free to write to lostamphibians@gmail.com. Selection is based on expertise. If you are an amphibian expert
already researching in an area, we are especially keen to hear from you.
Team members will be announced soon after getting inputs from the registered members.
List of registered members is here up to 27 January 2011.
| TEAM, SPECIES & LEADERS |
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| Team lead: K V Gururaja & K P Dinesh Expedition status: Currently searching Micrixalus elegans, Micrixalus narainensis, Micrixalus swamianus, Hylarana intermedius, Indirana longicrus, Indirana tenuilingua |
Team lead: S P Vijayakumar Expedition status: Currently searching Duttaphrynus peninsularis, Ghatophryne rubigina, Raorchestes terebrans, Raorchestes montanus, Raorchestes flaviventris, Ingerana charlesdarwini, Ramanella anamalaiensis |
| Team lead: Robin S, Gargi S, Sonali G, Pratyush & Rachunliu G Kamei Expedition status: Currently searching Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus, Amolops chakrataensis, Amolops jaunsari |
Team lead: Saibal Sengupta, Dipankar Dutta & Geetoshree G & Mitali Chetia Expedition status: Planning Raorchestes microdiscus, Raorchestes sahai, Limnonectes khasianus, Chiromantis shyamrupus, Xenophrys monticola |
| Team lead: Anil Zachariah, Sachin Rai, K V Gururaja & K P Dinesh Expedition status: Currently searching Ramanella montana, Hylarana bhagmandlensis, Micrixalus narainensis, Micrixalus swamianus |
Team lead: Anil Zachariah, Jaffer Palot, David V Raju Expedition status: Currently searching Sphaerotheca leuchorhynchus, Ramanella anamalaiensis Ramanella minor, Fejervarya parambikulamana, Hylarana montanus |
| Team lead: Rengaian Ganesan & Seshadri K S Expedition status: Planning Raorchestes chalazodes |
Team lead: Anil Zachariah, Van Bocxlaer I, Don R C & Franky B Expedition status: Planning (one expedition) Ramanella anamalaiensis, Micrixalus thampii |
| Team lead: Varad G, Dinesh K P, Prashanth P, Nirmal U Kulkarni, Ramachandran K, Oommen V Oommen, Albert R, D Gower, M Wilkinson Expedition status: Currently working Uraeotyphlus interruptus, Uraeotyphlus malabaricus, Uraeotyphlus menoni, Uraeotyphlus oommeni |
Team lead: Rachunliu G Kamei & Stephen M Expedition status: Planning Raorchestes jerdonii, Icthyophis husaini, Euphlyctis ghoshi, Limnonectes mawlyndipi |
| Team lead: Indraneil Das & Kaushik Deuti Expedition status: Planning Fejervarya assimilis, Fejervarya brama, Raorchestes kempii |
Team lead: Amarnath Reddy Y Expedition status: Planning Raorchestes terebrans |
| Coordinator: | S D Biju, Systematics Lab, University of Delhi* |
TEAM MEMBERS
| *S D Biju as coordinator has basic information about several of the LOST AMPHIBIANS of INDIA, hence will join the expeditions (already organized and accompanied five field visits) |
| Caecilian amphibian teams will be announced soon….. |
| Abhilasha Nehra | 1 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Abhinav Garg | 2 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Abhishek Jain | 3 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Aishwarya Lakshmi | 4 | An undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Albert Rajendran | 5 | Teacher and Herpetology researcher at St. John’s College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu | |
| Amarnath Reddy Y | 6 | PhD student at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh | |
| Amit Pant | 7 | Undergraduate student of Zoology at SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | |
| Amitoj Singh | 8 | M.A. Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Anil Zachariah | 9 | Veterinary surgeon by profession and has been studying the amphibians of Western Ghats | |
| Animish Mandrekar | 10 | Working for an Indian pharmaceutical company involved in clinical research, Mumbai | |
| Anirudh Agrawal | 11 | Doctoral student at HEC, Paris | |
| Aniruha Giri | 12 | Teacher and researcher in Department of Life Science Bioinformatics, Assam University | |
| Ankit Kumar | 13 | A graduate in B.Com with an avid interest in wildlife and nature from Bihar | |
| Aravind N A | 14 | Researcher at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Ashish Thomas | 15 | PhD student in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Ashra Mughal | 16 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Ashutosh Kr Singh | 17 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Atika Chandra | 18 | Teacher and researcher at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi | |
| Barkha Subba | 19 | PhD Scholar doing research on amphibians of Sikkim Himalayas at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Bert Willaert | 20 | PhD student at VUB and University of Delhi | |
| Bharat Bhushan S | 21 | A postgraduate in Zoology, wildlife researcher with an interest in photography | |
| Biju S D | 22 | Amphibian researcher in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Cara Tejpal | 23 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Col Ashwin Baindur | 24 | Army officer and a naturalist from Pune | |
| David Gower | 25 | Herpetology researcher at the Natural History Museum, London | |
| David V Raju | 26 | Naturalist from Kerala working on amphibians | |
| Deepti Rathi | 27 | Undergraduate student at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi | |
| Dhanya R | 28 | An undergraduate student studying Biochemistry at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Dinal Samarasinghe | 29 | Bachelor’s student and an amateur amphibian researcher at Herpetological Foundation Sri Lanka | |
| Dinesh K P | 30 | Amphibian researcher at the Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India | |
| Dipankar Dutta | 31 | PhD student at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Don Church | 32 | President and Director of Global Wildlife Conservation, USA | |
| Franky Bossuyt | 33 | Amphibian researcher at Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels | |
| Ganesan R | 34 | Researcher at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Gargi Sircar | 35 | PhD student working on amphibians at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Gaurav G Shimpi | 36 | Research student at NCCS, Pune and also involved in collaborative work with BNHS | |
| Gaurav Vashistha | 37 | Graduate student in SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | |
| Geetoshree G | 38 | PhD student at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Geoffrey S E Hall | 39 | Currently general Curator at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
| Girish Janney | 40 | Teacher and researcher at Kuvempu University, Karnataka | |
| Gopinath S | 41 | Graphic designer and faculty of photojournalism at Pondicherry University | |
| Gururaja K V | 42 | Amphibian Researcher at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | |
| Hareesh Joshy S | 43 | Amphibian Researcher at Department of Zoology, St. Aloysius College in Mangalore | |
| Harish Kulkarni | 44 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Harpreet Kaur | 45 | Master’s student in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Himanshu Sehgal | 46 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Hiragond N C | 47 | Assistant Professor in Zoology at Yashwant Rao Chavan College, Maharashtra | |
| Hopeland | 48 | Currently pursuing M.Sc. Ecology from Salim Ali School of Ecology, Pondicherry | |
| Indraneil Das | 49 | Professor and herpetology researcher at Universiti Malaysia, Sarawak | |
| Ines Van Bocxlaer | 50 | Amphibian researcher at Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels | |
| Jaffer Palot | 51 | Wildlife researcher at the Western Ghats Field Research Station, Zoological Survey of India | |
| Jissa G Krishna | 52 | Postdoctoral fellow working on amphibians at NCBS, Bangalore | |
| Joshi L Haokip | 53 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Juha Merilä | 54 | Professor, Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland | |
| Kalyan Varma | 55 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kamei G M | 56 | Joint Commissioner, Central Excise, Delhi | |
| Karthik S | 57 | Software engineer, an amateur bird watcher and photographer from Coimbatore | |
| Kaushalika | 58 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kaushik Deuti | 59 | Amphibian researcher at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata | |
| Keshav Kumar Jha | 60 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Komal Katyal | 61 | Teacher and researcher at Gowani Govt. College, Rajasthan | |
| Kshamata Gaikwad | 62 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kumar Manish | 63 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Lav Tripathi | 64 | Research fellow at Recombinant Gene Product Group, ICGEB, New Delhi | |
| Lilly M Eluvathingal | 65 | PhD student under Professor Maureen A Donnelly, Florida International University, Miami | |
| Madan Kumar K | 66 | Wildlife enthusiast and photographer from Bangalore | |
| Mark Wilkinson | 67 | Amphibian researcher and an expert on caecilians at Natural History Museum, London | |
| Marija Vasiljevic | 68 | Undergraduate student of biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Milivoje Krvava | 69 | PhD student from Serbia | |
| Mitali Chetia | 70 | Research scholar at Herpetological Research Lab, Arya vidyapeeth College, Guwahati | |
| Mohnish Kapoor | 71 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Mona Mansoori | 72 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Namit Pathak | 73 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Namita Nayyar | 74 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Nandan S R | 75 | Lab Assistant in Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Navneet Kumar | 76 | Undergraduate student at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Nirmal U Kulkarni | 77 | Goa based field ecologist, conservationist and a nature photographer | |
| Nishant | 78 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Oommen V O | 79 | Amphibian researcher, former Professor and Head of Dept. of Zoology, University of Kerala | |
| Pawan Kumar | 80 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Pooja Rathod | 81 | Pursuing B.Sc. Environmental Science from Pune | |
| Pramod Kumar Y | 82 | Master’s student in Biodiversity and Conservation at GGSIP University, Delhi | |
| Prashanth P | 83 | A caecilian researcher currently working in Agumbe | |
| Pratyush | 84 | Associated with Systematics Lab for Master’s dissertation and currently working with DPCC, Delhi | |
| Pulak Kashyap | 85 | Undergraduate student studying Hindi at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Rachunliu G K | 86 | PhD scholar working on caecilians of North East India, at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Rajesh Tandon | 87 | Associate Professor and researcher at University of Delhi | |
| Ramachandran K | 88 | College teacher and researcher working on subterranean limbless amphibians | |
| Ranjana Pal | 89 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Rashmi Sasidharan | 90 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Ravichandra M | 91 | PhD student in herpetology, Dept. of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University | |
| Richa Bahuguna | 92 | Undergraduate student of Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Ricky R S | 93 | Undergraduate student at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Ritesh Nai | 94 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Robin Moore | 95 | Amphibian Conservation Officer at Conservation International, USA | |
| Robin Suyesh | 96 | PhD scholar working on call evolution and bioacoustics of tree frogs, University of Delhi | |
| Sachin Rai | 97 | Ardent nature lover and wildlife photographer from Mumbai | |
| Saibal Sengupta | 98 | Amphibian researcher and faculty at Department of Zoology, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Samuel Sawian | 99 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Sandeep Varma D | 100 | Computer bachelor turned naturalist from Cochin, Kerala. Docent at Madras Crocodile Bank | |
| Sanjeev K Sahu | 101 | Master’s student in Environmental Studies, University of Delhi | |
| Sankar V S | 102 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Saunak P Pal | 103 |
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| Seshadri K S | 104 | Postgraduate student in Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Pondicherry University | |
| Sharmistha Roy | 105 | Master’s student Calcutta University, West Bengal | |
| Shovit Ranjan | 106 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Shrey Bahuguna | 107 | A class 10 student of Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi | |
| Sonali Garg | 108 | PhD student working on amphibians at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Sreekanth K M | 109 | Integrated master’s student at IISER, Trivandrum | |
| Stephen Mahony | 110 | PhD student working on amphibians of Southeast Asia at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Sushil K Singh | 111 | Graduate student of life sciences from Sri Venkateswara college, University of Delhi. | |
| Swamynathan B | 112 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Taigor S R | 113 | Conservation Biology, School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | |
| Timothy T G 112 | 114 | Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Lumding Division, NF Railways | |
| Tony Gamble 113 | 115 | Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota | |
| Varad Giri | 116 | An amphibian researcher and Curator of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai | |
| Vasanth Asokan | 117 | Coimbatore based wildlife photographer who loves nature | |
| Vetso Koza | 118 | Nagaland based nature lover, associated with several amphibian expeditions along with Chun | |
| Vijayakumar S P | 119 | PhD Scholar working on Western Ghats bush frogs at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | |
| Vipin Vyas | 120 | Department of Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal | |
| Vivek P C | 121 | An amphibian and reptile enthusiast pursuing B.Sc. at St. Philomena’s College, Mysore | |
| Vivek Ranjan | 122 | B.Sc. student of SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi |
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