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Dr. K.P. Dinesh

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Dr. K.P. Dinesh

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Highest Academic degree, year

 

 M. Sc. Biotechnology (2002), M. Sc. Zoology (2011), Ph.D (2009)

 

Department/Division

 

 

Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune

Email Address

 

 

dinesh.kp@gov.in ; kpdinesh.zsi2@gmail.com

Phone Number

 

 

+91-9916970365

 

Area of Expertise

 

 

Amphibian Taxonomy

Phylogenetics

Phylogeography

Experience after

Ph. D.

 

 
  • August 2011 to June 2015, Research Scientist at Dr. Kartik Shanker’s Lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore
  • July 2015 to April 2017, Senior Scientist (Research) at Coffee Day Global Limited, Bangalore
  • Since May 2017, Scientist at Zoological Survey of India

Significant Achievements

(max 5 bullet points)

 

 
  • Involved in the discovery of one new sub-family, one new genus and more than 45 new species of Amphibians from India
  • Involved in more than 100 publications, including 34 international and 37 national publications, and six books
  • Involved in the generation of more than 500 gene sequences (mitochondrial 16s rRNA, mt Cytb, mt COI, mt COII, mt ND2 and nuclear tyrosinase) which are deposited in the NCBI data base (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  • Involved in building phylogenies for the animal groups like Birds, Small Mammals, Amphibia, Pisces, Parasitic hymenoptera and moths, while resolving the taxonomic problems
  • Publishing annually updated online Indian Amphibian Checklist since 2009 (https://zsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/checklist/english/118_AMPHIBIA_New.pdf) and voluntary contribution of Indian amphibian information to the Amphibian Species of the World database since 2008 (https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Contributors-online-editions)

Research Focus

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  • Taxonomic studies of Amphibians of India (addressing Linnaean shortfall)
  • Studies on the distribution ranges for the species of Amphibians of India (addressing Wallacean addressing)
  • Understanding the phylogenetic relationship among the Amphibians of India (addressing Darwinian shortfall)
  • Management of amphibian collections at the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India

Selected publications

 

 

1) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, K.S. Chethan Nag, A. Ohler, K. Shanker, Princia D Souza, V.K. Prasad and J.S. 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.3.3

2) Vivek Philip Cyriac, Ashwini Venkatanarayana Mohan, K.P. Dinesh, Varun Torsekar, Aditi Jayarajan1, Priyanka Swamy, S.P. Vijayakumar, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Diversifying in the mountains: spatio-temporal diversification of frogs in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Evolution, Evolution, qpae006, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae006

3) Bharath, B., Dinesh, K.P., Karuthapandi, M, Kunte, K.B., Shabnam, A., J. Deepa & Jadhav, S.S. (2024) New distributional record of Sri Lankan wet land species Hylarana gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Anura: Ranidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India, Zootaxa, 5453 (1): 129–134. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.9

4) Bharath, B., Dinesh, K.P., Karuthapandi, M, Kunte, K.B., Shabnam, A., J. Deepa & Jadhav, S.S. (2024) New records of the primarily Sri Lankan Pseudophilautus regius (Manamendra- Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005) (Amphibia; Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats of India, crossing the Palk Strait saltwater barrier in the Indian Ocean, Zootaxa, 5477 (2): 219–236.  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.6

5) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam and N. More. 2023. Additional records of the elusive lateritic plateau toad Beduka koynayensis (Soman, 1963) (Anura: Bufonidae) from the surroundings of its type locality with an insight into the genetic data. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 30 (1): 49-55. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-1-49-55

6) Dinesh, K.P., B.H., Channakeshavamurthy, P. Deepak, A.  Shabnam, A. Ghosh and K. Deuti. (2022) Discovery of a new species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the western coastal plains of peninsular India. Zootaxa, 5100 (3); 419-434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.6

7) Prasad, V.K., Ming‑Feng Chuang, A. Das, K. Ramesh, Y. Yi1, K. P. Dinesh and A. Borzée. 2022. Coexisting good neighbours: acoustic and calling microhabitat niche partitioning in two elusive syntopic species of balloon frogs, Uperodon systoma and U. globulosus (Anura: Microhylidae) and potential of individual vocal signatures. BMC Zoology, 7 (27): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00132-x

8) Dinesh, K.P., B.H., Channakeshavamurthy, P. Deepak, A. Ghosh and K. Deuti. Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zootaxa, 4990 (2); 329-353.

9) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, V.K. Prasad, A. Das and J.S. Ashadevi. Distribution status of the Western Burrowing (Sphaerothecapashchima) Frog in India. Zootaxa, 4894 (1); 146-150.

10) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, A. Ohler, K. Shanker, B.H., Channakeshavamurthy and J.S. Ashadevi. 2020. A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystem of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa, 4885 (3); 423-436.

11) Phuge, S., A. Patil., R. Pandit, N.U. Kulkarni, B.H.C. Murthy, P. Deepak and K.P. Dinesh. 2020. Importance of genetic data in resolving cryptic species: A century old problem of understanding the distribution of Minervarya syhadrensis Anandale 1919, (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa, 4869 (4): 451–492.

12) Hegde, A., K.P. Dinesh and G. Kadadevaru. Phenotypic divergence in the large sized cricket frog species that crossed the geographical barriers within the peninsular India. Zootaxa, 4838 (2): 210-220.

13) Dinesh, K.P., S.P. Vijayakumar, V. Ramesh, A. Jayarajan, C. Mouli and K. Shanker. 2020. A deeply divergent lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa. 4729 (2): 266-276.

14) Vijayakumar, S.P., Pyron, R.A., Dinesh, K.P. Torsekar, V., Srikanthan, A.V., Swamy, P., Stanley, E.L., Blackburn, D.C. and K. Shanker. 2019. A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. PeerJ 7: e6457 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6457.

15) Phuge, S., K.P. Dinesh, R. Andhale, K. Bhakre and R. Pandit. 2019. A new species of Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the northern Western Ghats parts of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 4544: 251-268.

16) Dinesh, K.P., S.P. Vijayakumar, B.H. Channakeshavamurthy, Varun R Torsekar, Nirmal U Kulkarni, and Kartik Shanker. 2015. Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa. 3999(1): 79-94.

Books:

1) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam, A. Kalawate, S.S. Talmale, M.J. Palot, S.R. Patil, B. Tripathy and D. Banerjee. 2023. Fauna of India: 108 Barcodes. 1. Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; 1-56. (ISBN: 978-81-8171-617-0)

2) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam, S. Sreekumar. 2022. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune. Occasional Paper No., 408: 1-201. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

3) Subramanian, K.A., K.P. Dinesh and C. Radhakrishnan. 2013. Atlas of Endemic Amphibians of Western Ghats. Zoological survey of India: 1-246.

4) Radhakrishnan, C and K.P. Dinesh. 2013. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occasional Paper No., 339: 1-71.

5) Dinesh, K.P., C. Radhakrishnan, K.V. Gururaja and G. Bhatta. 2009. An annotated checklist of Amphibia of India with some insights into   the patterns of species discoveries, distribution and endemism. Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. (302): 1-152pp.

ResearchGate and

Google Scholar profile

 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dinesh-Kp/research

 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qCd_BK0AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=5