NERC, Shillong Publication

About 390 articles  in various national and international scientific journals and edited books were published.

List of Research Papers published in the last three Financial Years:

Uttam Saikia, Ruedi, M. and Csorba, G. 2022. Out of Southeast Asia: a new species of thick-thumbed bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Glischropus) from Meghalaya, northeastern India. Zootaxa 5154(3):355-364 (IF 1.09)

Kusuminda, T, Mannakkara, A., Ukuwela, D.B., Kruskop, S., Amarasinghe, C.J., Uttam Saikia, Venugopal, P., Karunarathna, M., Gamage, R., Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Yapa W. & and Patterson, B. D. 2022. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka, Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 1-17 (IF 1.14)

Bhaskar Saikia, Samrat Sengupta and Uttam Saikia. 2022. Xenophrys megacephala. Habitat. Natural History Note, Herpetological Review, 53: 304. (IF: 0.276)

Bhaskar Saikia and Bikramjit Sinha. 2022. Digitize types and introduce standard morphometry protocols in taxonomy. Current Science, 123 (1): 9. (IF: 1.102)

Bhaskar Saikia and Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor. 2022. Natural History Notes. Raorchestes shillongensis (Shillong Bush Frog). Polymorphism. Herpetological Review, 53 (2): 300. (IF: 0.276)

Kubendran, T., Vasanth, M., Subramanian, K. A., Gattolliat, J. L., Selvakumar, C., Jabeen, F. & Bikramjit Sinha. 2022. Two new species and two new records of the genus Tenuibaetis Kang & Yang, 1994 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Indian Himalaya. Zootaxa, 5196 (4): 511–534.

Uttam Saikia and Asem Bipin Meetei. 2022. Diversity, distribution and abundance status of small mammalian fauna (Chiroptera: Rodentia: Eulipotyphla) of Manipur, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa  14 (9): 21751-21768

Bhaskar Saikia, Mostaque A. Laskar, K. P. Dinesh, Shabnam Ansari and Bikramjit Sinha. 2022. Description of two new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India under the morphological ‘Viridimaculatus species group’. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122 (3): 247-266. (NAAS rating: 4.82)

Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, Mostaque A. Laskar, Shabnam Ansari and K. P. Dinesh, K. P. 2022. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122 (3): 303-322. (NAAS rating: 4.82)

Vishwanath Duttatray Hegde, Sarita Yadav, Prerna Burathoki and Bhaskar Saikia. 2022. New State record of longhorn beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerembyciade) from Meghalaya, India. Journal of the Threatened Taxa, 14(8): 21720-21726. (NAAS rating: 5.64)

Vishwanath Duttatray Hegde, Sarita Yadav and Prerna Burathoki. 2022. New State records of darkling beetles (Coleoptera” Tenebrionidae) from Meghalaya, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122 (2): 213-217. (NAAS rating: 4.82)

Kar, D. and Dimos Khynriam. 2022. Fishes in the upstream rheophilic stretch of river Barak at Karong. Sustainability in Environment, vol. 7 (3): 77-96.

Bikramjit Sinha. 2022. Notes on the ichthyofaunal diversity of Anjaw district in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research, 36 (1&2):1-13.

Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, Prasanta Nanda and Samrat Sengupta. 2022. A confirmed westernmost population of the Burmese Gliding Treefrog, Zhangixalus burmanus (Andersson 1939) (Anura: Rhacophoridae) Reptiles & Amphibia, 29: 268-694.

Sarita Yadav and Bhaskar Saikia. 2022. New locality report of Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) huegelii (Redtenbacherm 1848) (Coleoptera: Cerembycidae: Prioninae) in Assam, India. Journal of Bioresearch, 2 (1): 18-21.

Saikia, U., Daly, B. K. and Ruedi, M. 2023. Caves as priority area for conservation of the lesser known mammalian fauna of Meghalaya, northeastern India. Current Science, 124 (9): 1021-1022 (IF 1.16)

Bhaskar Saikia and Bikramjit Sinha, 2023. Predatory Behavior of the Asian Common Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus. Herpetological Review, 54(2):265-266. (Impact Factor: 0.222)

Kharkongor, I., Saikia, U., Khynriam, D. & Saikia, B. 2023. Current status of faunal diversity of Siju cave, South Garo Hills Meghalaya. Records of Zoological Survey of India 123(3): 283-303

Naveen, R.S., Tapley, B., Chandramouli, S.R., Jervis, P.A., Babu, S., Meetei, A.B., Karunakaran, P.V. 2023. A new species of Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani 1973 (amphibian: Bufonidae) from Mizoram (India) and the delimitation of the distribution range of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971) to the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (India) Biodiversitas 24: 4617-4627.  (Impact factor:1.322)

Saikia, U. and Chakravarty, R. (accepted): A preliminary assessment of the bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Murlen National Park and its environ and a revised checklist of the bat fauna of Mizoram. Journal of Threatened Taxa

Nath, K. P., Lalremsanga, H. T., Vabeiryureilai, M. And Sinha, B. 2023. The Chin Woodfrog, Sylvirana lacrima Sheridan and Stuart 2018 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), from Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, a New State Record for Arunachal Pradesh, India. Reptiles & Amphibians. 30 (1). e18173: 1-3  https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v30i1.18173

Kosygin, L., Laskar, B.A. and Khynriam, D. 2023. Cavefishes of Meghalaya. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 123(1S)/37-43, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1S/2023/172452

Rana, A. & L. Mozhui. 2023. First report of the longhorn beetle, Rosalia (Eurybatus) formosa (Saunders, 1839) (Insecta:  Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Mizoram, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15 (12): 24447–24450.

Rana, A. & L. Mozhui. 2022. First record of Oplatocera (Epioplatocera) oberthuri (Gahan, 1906) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Meghalaya, North-Eastern India. Halteres, 13: 48-50, 2022

Sinha, B. 2023. Rotifer Biodiversity of Gyakar Sinyik - a natural mountain lake amidst Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary. Journal of Bioresearch, 2(2): 27-34. https://doi.org/10.56716/4/1458

Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A. and Dinesh, K. P. 2023. Description of a new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from a cave ecosystem in Meghalaya, Northeast India. Journal of Animal Diversity, 5(1): 36–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.52547/JAD.2023.5.1.2

P. Nanda and B. Saikia. 2023. Notes on the occurrence of Kurixalus naso (Rhacophoridae), a rare high-altitude tree frog in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research, 37 (1&2): 38-41

Das, T., Dutta, J.B., Boro, P.K., Isloor, S., Boro, A.R. & Saikia, U. 2024: A preliminary study of bat lyssavirus in Assam, India. Indian Journal of Animal Research. https://doi.org/10.18805/IJAR.B-5258

Feng L, Győrössy D, Portela-Miquez R, Kokkini P, Görföl T, Ali Khan S, Saikia U, Talmale SS, Jiang TL & Csorba G. (2024):  A reassessment of the taxonomic status and distribution of the subspecies of Lyroderma lyra (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). – Contributions to Zoology DOI: 10.1163/18759866-BJA10073

Nanda, P. and Saikia, B. 2024. Cyclemys gemeli (Assam Leaf Turtle) Habitat. Herpetological Review 54(4): 644-645.

Saikia B, Sinha B, Shabnam A, Kharkongkar I J & Dinesh K P. 2024. On a new species of Xenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with comments on the earlier erroneous report as X. maosonensis (Bourret, 1937). Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 124 (iS): 21-40.

Sinha B. 2024. A field report on the Rotifer fauna of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Bioresources, 12 (1): 25-30.

Saikia, U. and Chakravarty, R. 2024: A preliminary assessment of the bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) fauna of Murlen National Park, Mizoram: Morphology, distribution and echolocation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 16 (6): 25422-25432.