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Distribution records and extended range of the Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger (Aves: Caprimulgiformes: Podargidae) in the Western Ghats: a review from 1862 to 2015 -- Anil Mahabal, Sanjay Thakur & Rajgopal Patil, Pp. 9289–9305

New distribution record of the Bhutan Takin Budorcas taxicolor whitei Hodgson, 1850 (Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) in Bhutan -- Tashi Dhendup, Tshering Tempa, Tsethup Tshering & Nawang Norbu, Pp. 9365–9366

Short Communications Small carnivores of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, southern Western Ghats, India -- R. Sreehari & P.O. Nameer, Pp. 9306–9315 First record of the Diadem Leaf-Nosed Bat Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy, 1813) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from the Andaman Islands, India with the possible occurrence of a hitherto unreported subspecies -- Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Aditya Srinivasulu, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Tauseef Hamid Dar, Asad Gopi & Gareth Jones, Pp. 9316–9321

Recent records and distribution of the Indian Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus Gray, 1837 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India -- R. Sreehari, Sandeep Das, M. Gnanakumar, K.P. Rajkumar, K.A. Sreejith, Navaneeth Kishor, Dhaneesh Bhaskar, P.S. Easa & P.O. Nameer, Pp. 9367–9370 First record of Dobson’s Long-tongued Fruit Bat Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Kerala, India -- P.O. Nameer, R. Ashmi, Sachin K. Aravind & R. Sreehari, Pp. 9371– 9374

New distribution records of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Testudines: Chelidae) from southeastern Brazil, including observations on reproduction -- Fábio Maffei, Bruno Tayar Marinho do Nascimento, Guilherme Marson Moya & Reginaldo José Donatelli, Pp. 9322–9326

Road kills of the endemic snake Perrotet’s Shieldtail Plectrurus perrotetii, Dumeril, 1851 (Reptilia: Squamata: Uropeltidae) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India -- P. Santhoshkumar, P. Kannan, B. Ramakrishnan, A. Veeramani, A. Samson, S. Karthick, J. Leonaprincy, B. Nisha, N. Dineshkumar, A. Abinesh, U. Vigneshkumar & P. Girikaran, Pp. 9375–9376

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad, India with additional description of Eilica tikaderi (Platnick, 1976) -- Dhruv A. Prajapati, Krunal R. Patel, Sandeep B. Munjpara, Shiva S. Chettiar & Devendrasinh D. Jhala, Pp. 9327–9333

Reappearance of the rare Shingle Urchin Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Camarodonta: Echinometridae) after eight decades from the rocky shore of Kodiyaghat (Port Blair), South Andaman Islands, India -- Vikas Pandey & T. Ganesh, Pp. 9377–9380

New records of Termite species from Kerala (Isoptera: Termitidae) -- Poovoli Amina, K. Rajmohana, K.V. Bhavana & P.P. Rabeeha, Pp. 9334–9338

Sallywalkerana, a replacement name for Walkerana Dahanukar et al. 2016 (Anura: Ranixalidae) -- Neelesh Dahanukar, Nikhil Modak, Keerthi Krutha, P.O. Nameer, Anand D. Padhye & Sanjay Molur, P. 9381

Odonata (Insecta) diversity of southern Gujarat, India -- Darshana M. Rathod, B.M. Parasharya & S.S. Talmale, Pp. 9339– 9349 An update on the distribution pattern and endemicity of three lesser-known tree species in the Western Ghats, India -- K. Sankara Rao, N.V. Page, A.N. Sringeswara, R. Arun Singh & Imran Baig, Pp. 9350–9355 Heavy metal distribution in mangrove sediment cores from selected sites along western coast of India -- P. Vidya & Rajashekhar K. Patil, Pp. 9356–9364

A sighting of Plastingia naga (de Nicéville, [1884]) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from central Assam, India -- Gaurab Nandi Das, Arajush Payra & Bitupan Boruah, Pp. 9382–9383 A note on the taxonomy, field status and threats to three endemic species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the southern Western Ghats, India -- R. Ramasubbu, C. Divya & S. Anjana, Pp. 9384–9390 Arnebia nandadeviensis Sekar & Rawal (Boraginaceae) a new synonym of Onosma bracteata Wall. -- Umeshkumar L. Tiwari, Pp. 9391–9393 Exosporium monanthotaxis Piroz. (Fungi: Ascomycota: Pezizomycotina) from Biligirirangan Hills, southern India -- Rashmi Dubey & Shreya Sengupta, Pp. 9394–9396

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