@robertgrima2@JZoology @OutbackEco Hi Rob, the study examines how sister species (two species which are each other's closest extant relatives) of snakes & lizards, which often resemble each other in form, shape, and resource use, co-occur in space. So the comparisons are not b/w snake & lizards, but sister species
Earlier this month, Amatya Sharma & I reported a mating ball formation in Vine Snakes. One of the most common snakes found here & very little is known about their breeding habits.
It is a brief account of polyandry & some interesting mating rituals which we could not decode.
"Researchers come, discover new species, name them & leave. There are long lists of species but no data beyond that. There is no info on the biology, ecology, population, distribution etc of the species." This is what I learnt at a workshop on #fish diversity of #NorthEastIndia.
It is important that the effort and energies of the forest dept are devoted more towards the pressing challenges and threats to India's biodiversity rather than to arbitrarily and illegally acting against #wildlife researchers.
Ritwick Dutta, Tiasa Adhya✍️https://t.co/bP08WYc50a
@ncfindia 4th talk by is Jyotsna Nag. about evaluating whether ecological restoration has any influence on tree seed dispersal in fragmented forests of Western Ghats. #iwec24
Symposia titled Crowd Sourced Ecology - Synthesis and Insights began with Anuj Shinde's session on Using citizen science driven initiatives to understand the occurrence range and frequency of shieldtails #iwec24@herp_club@iiscbangalore