Varad B. Giri

Institute for Biodiversity — Germany

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(66), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(25), Species Distribution and Climate Change(17), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(9), Genetic diversity and population structure(8)

Publications88 total

Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India — a new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1880
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the west coast of peninsular India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new ground-dwelling species of Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the west coast of peninsular India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India — a new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1880
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Maharashtra, with a key to the Hemidactylus of India
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A second species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) lacking secondary annular grooves
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Between a rock and a hard place: Comparing rock-dwelling animal prevalence across abandoned paddy, orchards, and rock outcrops in a biodiversity hotspot
Global Ecology and Conservation·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Between a rock and a hard place: Effects of land-use change on rock-dwelling animals of lateritic plateaus in the northern Western Ghats
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The evolutionary history of an accidental model organism, the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius (Squamata: Eublepharidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2022· 27 cited
Two new species of yellow-tailed Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky outcrops on the Telangana Plateau, India
Zootaxa·2020· 9 cited
Erratum: R. CHAITANYA, VARAD B. GIRI, V. DEEPAK, ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, B.H.C.K MURTHY & PRAVEEN KARANTH (2019) Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghatsendemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4688 (4): 001–056.
Zootaxa·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
Diversification in the mountains: a generic reappraisal of the Western Ghats endemic gecko genus Dravidogecko Smith, 1933 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of six new species
Zootaxa·2019· 30 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ishan Agarwal(15), Aaron M. Bauer(14), David J. Gower(12), V. Deepak(9), K. Praveen Karanth(8), Mark Wilkinson(7), R. CHAITANYA(7), Aparna Lajmi(5), S. D. Biju(4), Ines Van Bocxlaer(4), Stephen Mahony(4), Franky Bossuyt(4), Yogesh S. Shouche(4), Akshay Khandekar(4), Raju Vyas(4), Pratyush P. Mohapatra(4), Ashok Captain(4), Kshamata Gaikwad(4), Uma Ramakrishnan(3), Aniruddha Datta‐Roy(3)