Sreekar
From BiodivBorneo09
JNT University, Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering
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About me
Love to travel and have been specializing in the ecology of lizards and venemous snakes of south India. I am also an amateur bird-watcher (650+ birds in my personal checklist), interested in their ecology.
My main interests lie in evolutionary ecology (sexual selections and its impact on sex ratio and dimorphism), ethology and inter-species interactions.
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/people/Sreekar-Rachakonda/1382254199
Publications (refereed)
Sreekar, R., C. Srinivasulu, M. Seetharamaraju and C. A. Srinivasulu (2010). Selection of egg attachment sites by the Indian Golden Gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(11):1268-1272. (http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2010/October/o239326x101268-1272.pdf)
Sreekar, R., N. Thi Phuong Le and R. D. Harrison (2010). Vertebrate assemblage at a fruiting fig (Ficus caulocarpa) in Maliau basin, Malaysia. Tropical Conservation Science 3(2):218-227. (http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v3/10-06-28_218-227_Sreekar_et_al.pdf)
Sreekar, R. (2010). A study on the habits of Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis. Indian Birds 5(5):152-153.
Sreekar, R. and C. Srinivasulu (2010). New site record of Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus from Andhra Pradesh. Indian Birds 5(5):157.
Sreekar, R. and R. Rudra (2010). Sighting of the Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus (Blyth) in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Indian J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 106(2):321.
Taher, H, R. Sreekar, S. Anguru and S. Taher (2010). Range extension of Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus in Southern India with new records from Andhra Pradesh State. Indian Birds 5(5):153-154.
Sreekar, R., S. Deodhar and Y. Kulkarni (2010). Predation on Hemidactylus treutleri (Squamata: Gekkonidae) by the peninsular rock agama Psammophilus dorsalis (Squamata: Agamidae) in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Herpetology Notes 3:33-35. (http://www.seh-herpetology.org/herpetologynotes/Volume3_PDFs/Sreekar_et_al_Herpetology_Notes_Volume3_pages033-035.pdf)
Sreekar, R., A. Naidu and C. Srinivasulu (2010). Occurrence of Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti in ICRISAT campus, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Zoos’ Print 25(4):21. (http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2010/April/21-27.pdf)
Seetharamaraju, M., R. Sreekar, C. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu, H. Kaur and P. Venkateshwarlu (2009). Rediscovery of Vosmer’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(12): 624-626. (http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/December/o216026xii09624-626.pdf)
Srinivasulu, C., B. Srinivasulu, P. Venkateshwarlu, M. Seetharamaraju, H. Kaur and R. Sreekar (2009). Present status of critically endangered species of Gyps in Andhra Pradesh, India. Current Science 96(4):449-450. (http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/feb252009/449a.pdf)
Projects
Lambir: Lambir gecko project
Gaya: Gaya clownfish project
Maliau: Maliau bird project
Hemidactylus of India
- H. maculatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- H. triedrus Daudin, 1802
- H. subtriedrus Jerdon, 1853
- H. anamallensis Gunther, 1875
- H. brookii Gray, 1845
- H. persicus Anderson, 1872
- H. prashadi Smith, 1935
- H. gracilis Blanford, 1870
- H. reticulatus Beddome, 1870
- H. frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- H. leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- H. flaviviridis Rűppel, 1835
- H. giganteus Stoliczka, 1871
- H. bowringii (Gray, 1845)
- H. garnotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- H. karenorum (Theobald, 1868)
- H. scabriceps (Annandale, 1906)
- H. porbandarensis Sharma, 1981
- H. mahendrai Shukla, 1983
- H. sataraensis Giri and Bauer, 2008
- H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008
- H. treutleri Mahony, 2009
BOLD - Occurs in Borneo
Eutropis of India
- E. allapallensis (Schmidt, 1926)
- E. andamanensis (Smith, 1935)
- E. beddomii (Jerdon, 1870)
- E. bibronii (Gray, 1839)
- E. carinata (Schneider, 1801)
- E. clivivola (Inger & Shaffer, 1984)
- E. gansi(Das, 1991)
- E. innotata (Blanford, 1870)
- E. macularia (Blyth, 1853)
- E. multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820)
- E. nagarjuni (Sharma, 1969)
- E. novemcarinata (Anderson, 1871)
- E. quadricarinata (Boulenger, 1887)
- E. rudis (Boulenger, 1887)
- E. rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)
BOLD - Occurs in Borneo
Focal Taxon
Click here -> Sreekar's focal taxon (with a key to the specific names of some Bornean frogs)
Reptile Checklist
This is my personal reptile checklist (lizards of the genus Draco not included) that I've observed and documented during the course.
Agamidae
| Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, Gaya Island Description : A medium sized slender green colored agamid with long legs that is mostly seen feeding on insects. Habit : Arboreal Habitat : Forests and gardens. | 
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| Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel) Location : Lambir Hills National Park Description : An agamid that is endemic to Borneo with a continous crest and oval spots on the sides of the body medium sized slender green colored agamid with long legs that is mostly seen feeding on insects. Diagnosis : 6-7 Supralabials; 7 infralabials; rostrum not visible from above; ventrals smooth. Habitat : Primary forests | 
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| Gonocephalus sps Location : Lambir Hills National Park Description : An agamid with a black prominent eyestripe connecting to the first dorsal bands. Commonly seen on the trunks of large trees and sleeping on low lying branches during night. Diagnosis : 10 Supralabials; 11 infralabials; rostrum not visible from above. Habitat : Primary forests | 
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Gekkonidae
| Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus Location : Niah caves Description : This is a forest gecko restricted to the lime stone region of Niah and Mulu. Body slender with long fingers. Habit : Nocturnal, diurnal, arboreal. Habitat : Caves and forests |  
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| Cyrtodactylus consobrinus (Peters) Location : Lambir Hills National Park Description : A dark colored forest gecko with pale network of reticulations on forehead with yellow transverse bands on the dorsum and white bands on the tail. Habit : Nocturnal, arboreal Habitat : Primary forests |  
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| Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus (Inger) Location : Lambir Hills National Park Description : A common slender bodied gecko that is common among the dipterocarp forests. Grey dorsum with dark blotches dark colored forest gecko with pale network of reticulations on forehead with yellow transverse bands on the dorsum and white bands on the tail. Diagnosis: 34-36 lamellae on digit iv of pes; SVL - 70 mm; TL - 72 mm (male), 56 mm(female); Wt - 6 gms. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Primary and secondary forests | 
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| Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann) Location : Lambir Hills National Park Description : A common house gecko with large oval head. this gecko is commonly known as Four-clawed gecko as the claw on the first digit of manus and pes is absent. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Human habitations and forests |  
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| Gekko gekko (Linnaeus) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, Gaya island. Description : A large noisy tree/house gecko with large head and orange-red spots on the dorsum. Commonly seen feeding on large moths. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Human habitations and forests | File:Picture unavailable |
| Gekko monarchus (Dumeril & Bibron) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, Gaya island. Description : A warty skinned large house gecko with a robust body and dark brown tubercles on the dorsum. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Human habitations | 
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| Gekko smithii (Gray) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, Gaya island. Description : A large forest gecko usually sighted on the trunks of trees at night. This gecko has a series of white spots on the dorsum. Habit : Nocturnal, arboreal. Habitat : forest | 
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| Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, A Shell petrol bunk near Niah caves Description : A house gecko with fringed skin on sides of the body and a flattened tail. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Forest edges and human habitations | File:Picture unavailable |
| Hemidactylus frenatus (Dumeril & Bibron) Location : Lambir Hills National Park, Gaya island. Description : A very common smooth-skinned house gecko with a slender body and streaks along the sides of the head but morphologically cloration varies from light green to dark brown. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Human habitations | 
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Scincidae
| Apterygodon vittatus (Edeling) Location : Lambir Hills National Park. Description : An endemic common tree skink in the lowlands of Borneo. Dorsals keeled. A white stripe running from the rostrum to the nuchals. Habit : Arboreal Habitat : forest | 
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| Eutropis rudis (Boulenger) Location : Lambir Hills National Park. Description : A common forest skink with keeled dorsals and a light edged blackish or dark brown stripe on the sides of the olive-brown dorsum. Habit : Diurnal Habitat : Forests and forest edges | 
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| Eutropis rugifera (Stoliczka) Location : Niah caves. Description : A forest skink with keeled dorsals and creamily striped on the dorsum. Habit : Diurnal Habitat : Forests | 
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| Tropidophorus micropus (Peters) Location : Lambir. Description : A water skink usually sighted under logs near streams and waterfalls Habit : Diurnal Habitat : Forests | 
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Colubridae
| Boiga drapiezii Location : Lambir National Park Description : A long slender snake with a very distinct neck and large eyes. The first half of the body is remarkably thin. The coloration varies a lot within this species. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Primary and secondary lowland forests. | 
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| Chrysopelea paradisi (Boie) Location : Gaya island Description : A slender flying tree snake with long head and large eye with horizantal. It has a black dorsum with red spots in the center and yellowish-green ventrals. This snake can glide from branches of the canopy by contracting the belly to form a concave surface. Habit : Arboreal Habitat : Forests and gardens. | 
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| Dryophiops rubescens Location : Gaya island Description : A slender tree snake with distinct head from the body and large eye with horizontal pupil. Coloration varies from Grayish brown to purplish-black. the top of the head is pale brown with dark brown streaks. Keeled buckled ventrals. Habit : Arboreal Habitat : Forests |  
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| Enhydris plumbea Location : Lambir National Park Description : A smooth skinned water-snake with black dorsum and yellow ventrals with keeled dorsals and creamily striped on the dorsum. Nostrils pointed upwards. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Forest streams |  
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| Oligodon octolineatus (Schneider) Location : Lambir National Park Description : A ground-dwelling snake mimicking a coral snake (Maticora intestinalis). Six brownish-red stripes on the dorsum with orangish-red ventrals. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Primary forests |  
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| Rhabdophis conspicillatus (Gunther) Location : Lambir National Park Description : A water-snake with reddish brown dorsum and red ventrals with cream upper lips and white mental region Habit : Diurnal Habitat : Forest streams and ponds |  
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Elapidae
| Laticauda colubrina Location : Gaya island Description : A common sea snake in Borneo. It has a dark black head, yellowish-white snout with black and grey bands along its body. Habit : Diurnal(?) Habitat : Coral reefs | 
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Crotalidae
| Tropidolaemus subannulatus Location : Gaya island Description : Two juvenile snakes were sighted near the camp site when it was raining. It has a red stripe running across its eye. 11 supralabials and 11 infralabials. Habit : Nocturnal Habitat : Primary and secondary forests. | 
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CHECKLIST OF BIRDS
This checklist of birds is compiled to provide information of all the birds sighted during the course (2009) and ease the identification and species to look for and where. I have also explained the scientific names in the hope that they will interest large body of students who are interested in birds. Click the link below for the list
