Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758

Pareidae: Xylophiinae

Type genus: Xylophis Beddome, 1878

Deepak V*, Ruane S & Gower DJ. 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History 52: 2919–2934. PDF

Natricinae: Smithophis

Type species: Smithophis atemporalis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak

Giri VB, Gower DJ, Das A, Lalremsanga HL, Lalronunga S, Captain A & Deepak V*. 2019.  A new genus and species of natricine snake from the northeast India. Zootaxa 4603 (2): 241–264. PDF

Xenodermidae: Paraxenodermus

Type species: Paraxenodermus borneensis (Boulenger, 1899)

Deepak V*, Lalronunga S, Lalhmingliani E, Das A, Das I & Gower DJ. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus. Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 747–763. PDF

Iguania

Agamidae: Microauris

Pal S, Vijayakumar SP, Shanker K, Jayarajan A & Deepak V*. 2018. A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species. Zootaxa 4482 (3): 401–450. PDF

Agamidae: Monilesaurus

Pal S, Vijayakumar SP, Shanker K, Jayarajan A & Deepak V*. 2018. A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species. Zootaxa 4482 (3): 401–450. PDF

Agamidae: Cristidorsa

Wang K, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, Jiang K, Jin J, Yan F & Siler CD. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zly034: 1–22. PDF