Anita Malhotra

Anita Malhotra, Indian herpetologist.

School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdon.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page.
Herrmann, H.-W., Ziegler, T., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Redescription and systematics of Trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes: Viperidae) based on morphology and molecular data. Herpetologica 60(2): 211–221. DOI: 10.1655/03-37 Reference page.

Gübitz, T., Thorpe, R.S. & Malhotra, A. 2005. The dynamics of genetic and morphological variation on volcanic islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 272(1564): 751–757. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3018 Reference page.

Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Li, P.-P., Pook, C.E. & Creer, S. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17(4): 237–246. Reference page.
Thorpe, R.S., Pook, C.E. & Malhotra, A. 2007. Phylogeography of the Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) complex in relation to variation in the colour pattern and symptoms of envenoming. The Herpetological Journal 17(4): 209–218. PDF Reference page.

Guo, P., Jadin, R.C., Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2010. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91(4): 402–407. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00413.x Reference page.
Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C.E. & Thorpe, R.S. 2010. Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(1): 172–178. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.007 Reference page.

Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Ganesh, S.R., Vijayakumar, S.P., Campbell, P.D., Malhotra, A. & Shanker, K. 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. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e66239 Reference page.
Shi, J.-S., Liu, J.-C., Giri, R., Owens, J.B., Santra, V., Kuttalam, S., Selvan, M., Guo, K.-J. & Malhotra, A. 2021. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. ZooKeys 1061: 87–108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420 Reference page.

Kuttalam, S., Santra, V., Owens, J.B., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N., Graham, S., Togridou, A., Bharti, O.K., Shi, J.-S., Shanker, K. & Malhotra, A. 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. DOI: 0.5852/ejt.2022.852.2003 Reference page.

Chan, K.O., Anuar, S., Sankar, A., Law, I.T., Law, I.S., Shivaram, R., Christian, C., Mulcahy, D.G. & Malhotra, A. 2023. A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus). ZooKeys 1186: 221–234. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110422 Reference page.