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Publications (11)      

1. Das, Indraneil, P. Gowri Shankar, Priyanka Swamy, Rhiannon C. Williams, Hmar T. Lalremsanga, P. Prashanth, Gunanidhi Sahoo, S. P. Vijayakumar, Jacob Höglund, Kartik Shanker, Sushil K. Dutta, S. R. Ganesh & Wolfgang Wüster. 2024 Taxonomic revision of the king cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) species complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae), with the description of two new species European Journal of Taxonomy 961(1): 1–51.
2. Deepak, P., K. P. Dinesh, Annemarie Ohler, Kartik Shanker, JS Ashadevi & B. h. Channakeshavamurthy. 2020 A new species of Sphaerotheca Gunther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystem of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India Zootaxa 4885(3): 423–436.
3. Deepak, P., K. P. Dinesh, Chethan Nag, Annemarie Ohler, Kartik Shanker, Princia D. Souza, Vishal K. Prasad & JS Ashadevi. 2024 Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India Zootaxa 5405(3): 381-410.
4. Ganesh, S. R., ASHOK K. MALLIK, N. S. Achyuthan, Kartik Shanker & Gernot Vogel. 2021 A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species Zootaxa 4981(3): 449–468.
5. Gowande, Gaurang, Saunak Pal, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Pushkar U. Phansalkar, Princia Dsouza, Aditi Jayarajan & Kartik Shanker. 2021 Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia Vertebrate Zoology 71: 669-696.
6. Kuttalam, Sourish, Vishal Santra, John B. Owens, Melvin Selvan, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Stuart Graham, Anatoli Togridou, Omesh Bharti, Jingsong Shi, Kartik Shanker & Anita Malhotra. 2022 Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of Gloydius himalayanus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species European Journal of Taxonomy 852(1): 1-30.
7. MALLIK, ASHOK K., Achyuthan N. Srikanthan, Saunak P. Pal, Princia M. D'souza, Kartik Shanker & Sumaithangi R. Ganesh. 2020 Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62.
8. Mallik, Ashok K., Achyuthan N. Srikanthan, Sumaithangi R. Ganesh, Seenapuram P. Vijayakumar, Patrick D. Campbell, Anita Malhotra & Kartik Shanker. 2021 Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity Vertebrate Zoology 71: 577-619.
9. Pal, Saunak P., Zeeshan A. Mirza, Princia M. D'souza & Kartik Shanker. 2021 Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Southern Western Ghats provide new insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis Zoological Research 42(6): 675-691.
10. Srikanthan, Achyuthan N., Omkar D. Adhikari, Ashok Kumar Mallik, Patrick D. Campbell, Bharat Bhushan Bhatt, Kartik Shanker & Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh. 2022 Taxonomic revaluation of the Ahaetulla prasina (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) complex from Northeast India: resurrection and redescription of Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) European Journal of Taxonomy 839(1): 120–148.
11. Srikanthan, Achyuthan N., Omkar D. Adhikari, Sumaithangi R. Ganesh, Kaushik Deuti, Vidisha M. Kulkarni, Gaurang G. Gowande & Kartik Shanker. 2021 A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India Zootaxa 5016(2): 205-228.