Sonali Garg

Sonali Garg, Indian herpetologist

Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

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(List may be incomplete)

Biju, S.D., Kamei, R.G., Mahony, S., Thomas, A., Garg, S., Sircar, G. & Suyesh, R. 2013. Taxonomic review of the tree frog genus Rhacophorus from the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of ontogenetic colour changes and reproductive behaviour. Zootaxa 3636(2): 257–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.3 Reference page.

Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Wijayathilaka, N., Senevirathne, G., Meegaskumbura, M. 2014. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-backed frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species Contributions to Zoology 83(4): 269–335. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Biju, S.D., Senevirathne, G., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Thomas, A., Shouche, Y., Raxworthy, C.J., Meegaskumbura, M. & Van Bocxlaer, I. 2016. Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles. PLoS One 11(1): e0145727. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145727 Reference page.
Wijayathilaka, N., Garg, S., Senevirathne, G., Karunarathna, N., Biju, S.D. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2016. A new species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sri Lanka: an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4066(3): 331–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.9. Reference page.
Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2016. Molecular and morphological study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with description of two new species. PLoS (Public Library of Science) One 11(11:e0166326): 1–36. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166326 Reference page.

Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2017. Description of four new species of Burrowing Frogs in the Fejervarya rufescens complex (Dicroglossidae) with notes on morphological affinities of Fejervarya species in the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4277(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.4.1. Reference page.
Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Sukesan, S. & Biju, S.D. 2017. Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms. PeerJ 5: e3007. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3007 Reference page.

Alhadi, F., Hamidy, A., Farajallah, A., Munir, M., Atmaja, V.Y., Garg, S., Biju, S.D. & Smith, E.N. 2019. Rediscovery of Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) from Sumatra: redescription, molecular identity, and taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 4613(1): 111–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.5 Reference page.
Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Kamei, R.G. & Maheswaran, G. 2019. A new Microhyla species (Anura: Microhylidae) from riparian evergreen forest in the eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4674(1): 100–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.5 Reference page.
Das A., Garg, S., Hamidy, A., Smith, E.N., & Biju, S.D. 2019. A new species of Micryletta frog (Microhylidae) from Northeast India. PeerJ 7:e7012. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7012 Reference page.
Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2019. New microhylid frog genus from Peninsular India with Southeast Asian affinity suggests multiple Cenozoic biotic exchanges between India and Eurasia. Scientific Reports 9: 1906. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38133-x Reference page.

Biju, S.D., Garg, S., Gokulakrishnan, G., Sivaperuman, C., Thammachoti, P., Ren, J-L., Gopika, C., Bisht, K., Hamidy, A. & Shouche, Y.S. 2020. New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zootaxa 4878(1): 1–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Garg, S. & Biju, S.D. 2021. DNA barcoding and systematic review of Minervaryan Frogs (Dicroglossidae: Minervarya) of Peninsular India: Resolution of a taxonomic conundrum with description of a new species. Asian Herpetological Research 12(4): 345–370. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.210023 Reference page.
Eprilurahman R., Garg, S., Atmaja, V.Y., Alhadi F., Munir M., Ubaidillah R., Arisuryanti T., Biju S.D., Smith, E.N. & Hamidy, A.. A tiny new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Belitung Island and Southeastern Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5027(4): 451–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.1 PDF Reference page.
Patel, N.G., Garg, S., Das, A., Stuart, B.L. & Biju, S.D. 2021. Phylogenetic position of the poorly known montane cascade frog Amolops monticola (Ranidae) and description of a new closely related species from Northeast India. Journal of Natural History 55(21–22): 1403–1440. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1946185 Reference page.