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A checklist of the vertebrates of Kerala State, India
In: Journal of Threatened Taxa. Wildlife Information Liaison Development/Zoo Outreach Organization: Coimbatore. ISSN 0974-7893; e-ISSN 0974-7907
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Amphibians; birds; CITES; freshwater fishes; Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act; IUCN conservation status; Malayalam name; mammals; marine fishes; reptiles; vernacular name; Western Ghats. |
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- Nameer, P.O.
- Praveen, J.
- Bijukumar, A.
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- Palot, M.J.
- Das, S.
- Raghavan, R.
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Following the first publication on vertebrates of India (Blanford 1888–1890), a huge wealth of information has been compiled on the vertebrate fauna of various biogeographic zones of the country, especially the Western Ghats. The state of Kerala comprising of a land area of 38,863km2, 590km coastline, an intricate system of backwaters along the coast, tropical moist forests of the Western Ghats, the highly undulating terrain, and the tropical monsoon is a unique geographical and environmental entity rich in biodiversity. A region-specific checklist that summarises and documents the current status of vertebrate diversity provides benchmark data for documentation and appreciation of biodiversity at regional level. Further, with the current rate of global biodiversity loss and concordant conservation efforts, the taxonomic community has a greater responsibility to make scientific information available to scientists, policy makers, politicians, research students and all relevant stakeholders, an attempt that has been made in the present paper. The State of Kerala has 1847 species of vertebrates in 330 families and 81 orders, of which 386 are endemic to the Western Ghats region (of the Western Ghats - Sri Lanka Hotspot), and 205 species as threatened. Six hundred and eighty species of vertebrates of Kerala have been listed in the various schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, while 148 are listed in the different appendices of CITES. |
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