Saunak Pal

Herpetology enthusiast, studying systematics and biogeography of lizards in Western Ghats. Interested in taxonomy, photography, travel, art and cinema.

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

@JustBernstein That's awesome, congratulations @JustBernstein

[Aniruddha Datta Roy @skinkomaniac]

Please RT: We're looking for PhD students @BioGeoSys! Do check out what we do and apply if you're interested in joining us!

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

Amazing experience talking about my PhD work @ecology_ncl at #SEH2025, Bonn, Germany. Listening to some wonderful talks, checking out collections at Koenig museum, amazing conversations ...the list goes on. @seh2025

[Aniruddha Datta Roy @skinkomaniac]

ISEB (@india_evolution) comes to Odisha this year!
Excited to announce that @maitreyasil and I are hosting a one-day pre-conference workshop on phylogenetics.
If you're attending #ISEB2025, don’t miss it—limited seats! Apply soon! Please RT and spread the word for people who may find this useful!

[Rittik Deb @raxitdaves]

And a long pending dream project took its first baby steps. https://t.co/5o50g7XgGU

@niser_official

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

@phytools_liam Want it!!

[Viraj Torsekar | विराज तोरसेकर @Torsay]

🚨 PhD in Ecology 🚨
We’re looking for up to 2 PhD students to join our lab!
If you’re curious about behavioural ecology & species interactions, this is for you!

📅 Deadline: 12 May '25
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/3f9VvlPCo1
🌐 More info: https://t.co/xCnyxCL7xd
#PhDposition #Ecology

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

@manvigsharma heartiest congratulations! This is awesome.

[Ashoka University @AshokaUniv]

Ashoka University congratulates Professor Manvi Sharma, on receiving the Prime Minister’s Early Career Research Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) for her research on Himalayan Carnivores. This prestigious grant supports early-career researchers with a flexible budget and innovative initiatives to facilitate impactful research.

#AshokaUniversity #ResearchAtAshoka

[Aniruddha Datta Roy @skinkomaniac]

#Hamadryad has a long and very interesting history. And we're now opening it up to the rest of the world! If you have an interesting natural History note on reptiles and amphibians that you'd like to share, do send your manuscripts! It's a free peer reviewed journal that is herp-focused. We'd like to hear your interesting #herpetology stories! #AcademicTwitter #herp feel free to re-tweet and spread the word! #naturalhistory #reptilians #amphibia

[Aniruddha Datta Roy @skinkomaniac]

This summer , I am looking forward to taking at least one PhD candidate at https://t.co/w1svlBp2Av.
If you are interested in Macroevolution, phylo-genetics/genomics, biogeography, population genetics and reptiles (especially skinks) feel free to get in touch with me or any of my lab members directly. I would love to discuss ideas! Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]
#biogeography #indiansubcontinent #phylogenetics #phylogenomics #reptiles #skinks @herp_club @SquaMatesPod @herpetALLogy @HerpResearch @niser_official

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

A new snake discovered from Himachal Pradesh has been placed into a newly identified genus, Anguiculus (meaning small snake). This finding highlights the distinctiveness of the Western Himalaya.
@snakeszeeshan @JustBernstein
✒️@lifesciexplore
https://t.co/maNXSbzDS9

[Aniruddha Datta Roy @skinkomaniac]

🧵1/5: Excited to share our new open access paper in Journal of Biogeography! We explored the systematics and historical biogeography of scincine lizards (Subfamily Scincinae) to understand what shaped their global distribution. @maitreyasil @kanishkauku @brandley_matt @Salvicarranza
https://t.co/CpNiXqhF7P

[NCL Network Ecology @NCLNEG]

NEW PAPER: Development of a LAMP protocol to identify the parasitoid Carcelia iliaca from oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processioneae) larval tissue to understand and enhance biocontrol management plans led by @KyleMiller95 in @AFEntomology https://t.co/iNydZpOgEQ

[Martin Mayer @eco_mayer]

Check out our new study where we investigated color polymorphism in European adders across their entire distribution: https://t.co/nT21FV4QK9

[Harshil Patel 🦎🐍🐸 @HarshilPatel89]

Meet Ophisops venustus, a new species of snake eye lizard that we describe from hills of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The new species is named 'venustus', a Latin term for charming / elegant / beautiful.

Link to the paper : https://t.co/rJyDByOA9P

[Zeeshan A. Mirza @snakeszeeshan]

A new genus and species of snake from the Himalayas, Anguiculus dicaprioi named after @LeoDiCaprio
https://t.co/vRjx1ljrN3

#newspecies #herpetology #nhm #rewild #leonardo #dicaprio #HimachalPradesh #Himalayas #Liopeltis

[Jahnavi Joshi @Jahnavijoshi2]

Our lab is looking to recruit a PhD student in Jan 2025. If you are interested in doing PhD in Evolutionary Biology with us, please get in touch. More details of our research and the application are here: https://t.co/nYB62L2oRK

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

Amazing experience talking about my PhD work @ecology_ncl at #WCH10. Meeting old friends:and making new ones, listening to some great talks...the list goes on.

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

@AparnaLajmi @GITAMUniversity Awesome congratulations Lajmi!

[Saunak Pal @HSaunak]

@Torsay @GITAMUniversity Awesome, congratulations Viraj!