Monsoon has hit India…Frogs have started croaking… Search is on…
Currently, 250 members have registered themselves through Lost! Amphibians of India (LAI) initiative website. In 2011, the initiative has already conducted four expeditions to four localities (please see below). In the next four months, amphibian researchers and amphibian lovers will carry out expeditions throughout India. Photos and news will be posted on Lost! Amphibians facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Amphibians-of-India/126212394110450 after each field expedition.
Members may please contact the LAI coordinator at lostamphibians@gmail.com for joining the expeditions in the following four months (especially those who have chosen their species of interest).
LAI has received grant approval from the IUCN/ASG and CEPF for financial support, and has submitted a few more applications for grant support. However, the grants are yet to come through and the expeditions are being conducted through members’ initiative and generous spirit.
>>> List of registered members (142 till 08 June 2011)
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| Abhilasha Nehra | 1 | Undergraduate student at St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi | |
| Abhinav Garg | 2 | Masters student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Abhishek Jain | 3 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Aishwarya Lakshmi | 4 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Albert Rajendran | 5 | Teacher and Herpetology researcher at St. John’s College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu | |
| Amarnath Reddy Y | 6 | PhD student at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh | |
| Amit Pant | 7 | Undergraduate student of Zoology at SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | |
| Amitoj Singh | 8 | M.A. Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Ananth | 9 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Anil Zachariah | 10 | Veterinary surgeon by profession and has been studying the amphibians of Western Ghats | |
| Andres F Jaramillo | 11 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Animish Mandrekar | 12 | Working for an Indian pharmaceutical company involved in clinical research, Mumbai | |
| Anirudh Agrawal | 13 | Doctoral student at HEC, Paris | |
| Aniruha Giri | 14 | Teacher and researcher in Department of Life Science Bioinformatics, Assam University | |
| Ankit Kumar | 15 | Graduate in B.Com with an avid interest in wildlife and nature from Bihar | |
| Aravind N A | 16 | Researcher at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Ashish Thomas | 17 | PhD student in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Ashra Mughal | 18 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Ashutosh Kr Singh | 19 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Atika Chandra | 20 | Teacher and researcher at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi | |
| Barkha Subba | 21 | PhD Scholar doing research on amphibians of Sikkim Himalayas at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Bert Willaert | 22 | PhD student at VUB and University of Delhi | |
| Bharat Bhushan S | 23 | Pstgraduate in Zoology, wildlife researcher with an interest in photography | |
| Biju S D | 24 | Amphibian researcher in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Caesar Sengupta | 25 | Medical Doctor, ardent nature lover and wildlife photographer | |
| Cara Tejpal | 26 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Ashwin Baindur | 27 | Army officer and a naturalist from Pune | |
| David Gower | 28 | Herpetology researcher at the Natural History Museum, London | |
| David V Raju | 29 | Naturalist from Kerala working on amphibians | |
| Deepti Rathi | 30 | Undergraduate student at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi | |
| Devender Arora | 31 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Dhanya R | 32 | Undergraduate student studying Biochemistry at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Dinal Samarasinghe | 33 | Bachelor’s student and an amateur amphibian researcher at Herpetological Foundation Sri Lanka | |
| Dinesh K P | 34 | Amphibian researcher at the Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India | |
| Dipankar Dutta | 35 | PhD student at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Don Church | 36 | President and Director of Global Wildlife Conservation, USA | |
| Franky Bossuyt | 37 | Amphibian researcher at Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels | |
| Ganesan R | 38 | Researcher at ATREE, Bangalore | |
| Gargi Sircar | 39 | PhD student working on amphibians at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Gaurav G Shimpi | 40 | Research student at NCCS, Pune and also involved in collaborative work with BNHS | |
| Gaurav Vashistha | 41 | Graduate student in SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi | |
| Geetoshree G | 42 | PhD student at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Geoff Hall | 43 | General Curator at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
| Girish Janney | 44 | Teacher and researcher at Kuvempu University, Karnataka | |
| Gopinath S | 45 | Graphic designer and faculty of photojournalism at Pondicherry University | |
| Gururaja K V | 46 | Amphibian Researcher at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | |
| Hareesh Joshy S | 47 | Amphibian Researcher at Department of Zoology, St. Aloysius College in Mangalore | |
| Harish Kulkarni | 44 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Harpreet Kaur | 45 | Master’s student in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Himanshu Sehgal | 46 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Hiragond N C | 47 | Assistant Professor in Zoology at Yashwant Rao Chavan College, Maharashtra | |
| Harish Kulkarni | 48 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Harpreet Kaur | 49 | Masters student in Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Himanshu Sehgal | 50 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Hiragond N C | 51 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Himanshu Sehgal | 52 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Himanshu Sehgal | 53 | B.Tech graduate from M.I.E.T, Meerut with an interest in animal science & immunology | |
| Jaffer Palot | 51 | Assistant Professor in Zoology at Yashwant Rao Chavan College, Maharashtra | |
| Hopeland | 52 | Currently pursuing M.Sc. Ecology from Salim Ali School of Ecology, Pondicherry | |
| Indraneil Das | 53 | Professor and herpetology researcher at Universiti Malaysia, Sarawak | |
| Ines Van Bocxlaer | 54 | Amphibian researcher at Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels | |
| Jaffer Palot | 55 | Wildlife researcher at the Western Ghats Field Research Station, Zoological Survey of India | |
| Jissa G Krishna | 56 | Postdoctoral fellow working on amphibians at NCBS, Bangalore | |
| Joshi L Haokip | 57 | Masters student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Juha Merilä | 58 | Professor, Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland | |
| Kalyan Varma | 59 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kamei G M | 60 | Joint Commissioner, Central Excise, Delhi | |
| Karthik S | 61 | Software engineer, an amateur bird watcher and photographer from Coimbatore | |
| Kaushalika | 62 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kaushik Deuti | 63 | Amphibian researcher at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata | |
| Keshav Kumar Jha | 64 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Karen Silva | 65 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Komal Katyal | 66 | Teacher and researcher at Gowani Govt. College, Rajasthan | |
| Kshamata Gaikwad | 67 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Kumar Manish | 69 | Master’s student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Lav Tripathi | 70 | Research fellow at Recombinant Gene Product Group, ICGEB, New Delhi | |
| Laura Pinto | 71 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Lilly M Eluvathingal | 72 | PhD student under Professor Maureen A Donnelly, Florida International University, Miami | |
| Madan Kumar K | 73 | Wildlife enthusiast and photographer from Bangalore | |
| Mark Wilkinson | 67 | Amphibian researcher and an expert on caecilians at Natural History Museum, London | |
| Marija Vasiljevic | 68 | Undergraduate student of biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Milivoje Krvava | 69 | PhD student from Serbia | |
| Mitali Chetia | 70 | Research scholar at Herpetological Research Lab, Arya vidyapeeth College, Guwahati | |
| Mohnish Kapoor | 71 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Mona Mansoori | 72 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Maheswaran G | 73 | Zoological Survey of India, Itanagar | |
| M. Meegaskumbura | 74 | University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | |
| Madan Kumar K | 75 | Wildlife enthusiast and photographer from Bangalore | |
| Malikarjun S C | 76 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Mark Wilkinson | 77 | Amphibian researcher and an expert on caecilians at Natural History Museum, London | |
| Marija Vasiljevic | 78 | Undergraduate student of biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Milivoje Krvava | 79 | PhD student from Serbia | |
| Mitali Chetia | 80 | Research scholar at Herpetological Research Lab, Arya vidyapeeth College, Guwahati | |
| Mittal Gala | 81 | Working in Ranthambhore with an interest in reptiles and amphibians | |
| Manohar K Jha | 82 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Khalsa College, University of Delhi | |
| Mohnish Kapoor | 83 | M.Sc. Biodiversity and Conservation at GGSIP University, Delhi | |
| Mona Mansoori | 84 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Mridu P Phukon | 85 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Namit Pathak | 86 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Namita Nayyar | 87 | M.Sc Zoology, University of Delhi | |
| Nandan S R | 88 | Lab Assistant in Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Navneet Kumar | 89 | Undergraduate student at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Nirmal U Kulkarni | 90 | Goa based field ecologist, conservationist and a nature photographer | |
| Nishant | 91 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Oommen V O | 92 | Amphibian researcher, former Professor and Head of Dept. of Zoology, University of Kerala | |
| Pawan Kumar | 93 | Undergraduate student studying Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Peter Sabo | 94 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Pooja Rathod | 95 | Pursuing B.Sc. Environmental Science from Pune | |
| Pramod Kumar Y | 96 | Masters student in Biodiversity and Conservation at GGSIP University, Delhi | |
| Prashanth P | 97 | A caecilian researcher currently working in Agumbe | |
| P Balasubramanian | 98 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Navneet Kumar | 89 | Undergraduate student at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Pratyush | 99 | Associated with Systematics Lab for Masters dissertation and currently working with DPCC, Delhi | |
| Pulak Kashyap | 100 | Undergraduate student studying Hindi at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| R G Kamei | 101 | PhD scholar at Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Rahul Kapoor | 102 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Rajesh Tandon | 103 | Associate Professor and researcher at University of Delhi | |
| Ramachandran K | 104 | College teacher and researcher working on subterranean limbless amphibians | |
| Ranjana Pal | 105 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Ramit Singal | 106 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Rashmi S | 107 | Masters student in Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Ravichandra M | 108 | PhD student, Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University | |
| Richa Bahuguna | 109 | Undergraduate student of Zoology at Hans Raj College, University of Delhi | |
| Ricky R S | 110 | Undergraduate student at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi | |
| Ritesh Nai | 111 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Robin Moore | 112 |
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| Robin Suyesh | 113 | PhD scholar, Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Rohan Pandit | 114 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Sachinandan D | 115 | M.Phil. student in Oceanography and Coastal Management at Jadavpur University, Kolkata | |
| Sandeep Das | 116 | Post graduate student in Zoology from Farook college, Calicut with interest in frog photography | |
| Sachin Rai | 117 | Ardent nature lover and wildlife photographer from Mumbai | |
| Saibal Sengupta | 118 | Amphibian researcher and faculty at Department of Zoology, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Assam | |
| Samuel Sawian | 119 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Sandeep Varma | 120 | Computer bachelor turned naturalist from Cochin, Kerala. Docent at Madras Crocodile Bank | |
| Sanjeev K Sahu | 121 | Masters student in Environmental Studies, University of Delhi | |
| Sankar V S | 122 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Saunak P Pal | 123 | Herpetological researcher, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore | |
| Seshadri K S | 124 | Master student in Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Pondicherry University | |
| Sharmistha Roy | 125 | Masters student Calcutta University, West Bengal | |
| Shovit Ranjan | 126 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Shrey Bahuguna | 127 | A class 10 student of Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi | |
| Sonali Garg | 128 | PhD student at Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi | |
| Sreekanth K M | 129 | Integrated masters student at IISER, Trivandrum | |
| Stephen Mahony | 130 | PhD student working on amphibians of Southeast Asia at Systematics Lab, University of Delhi | |
| Sushil K Singh | 131 | Graduate student of life sciences from Sri Venkateswara college, University of Delhi. | |
| Swamynathan B | 132 | Awaiting affiliation | |
| Taigor S R | 133 | Conservation Biology, School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | |
| Timothy T G | 134 | Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Lumding Division, NF Railways | |
| Tony Gamble | 135 | Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota | |
| Varad Giri | 136 | An amphibian researcher and Curator of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai | |
| Vasanth Asokan | 137 | Coimbatore based wildlife photographer who loves nature | |
| Vetso Koza | 138 | Nagaland based nature lover, associated with several amphibian expeditions along with Chun | |
| Vijayakumar S P | 139 | PhD Scholar working on Western Ghats bush frogs at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | |
| Vipin Vyas | 140 | Department of Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal | |
| Vivek P C | 141 | An amphibian and reptile enthusiast pursuing B.Sc. at St. Philomena’s College, Mysore | |
| Vivek Ranjan | 142 | B.Sc. student of SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi |
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