v3i1.37

Submitted date: 24 March 2010
Accepted date: 13 June 2011
Published date: 30 July 2011
Pp. 5–10.

REPORT OF SOME NOTEWORTHY SPECIMENS AND SPECIES OF HERPETOFAUNA FROM SOUTH-EAST INDIA

S.R. Ganesh* & S.R. Chandramouli
*Corresponding author. E-mail: snakeranglerr@gmail.com

Abstract
We report abnormal individuals of Ramanella variegata, Lycodon aulicus (sensu lato), Bungarus caeruleus which exhibited variation from the ‘typical morphs’ of their respective species. Also we report a rarely recorded species Polypedates cf. leucomystax (from south India), from the Mannampandal area of Tamil Nadu. These observations based on voucher photographs are presented for the first time.

Key words : Morph, aberration, variation, phenotypic plasticity, polymorphism

Section Editor: Gernot Vogel