Research interests
My
principal research interests fall within the fields of taxonomy,
evolutionary ecology, community ecology and conservation biology of
reptiles. My present work and interests are in the taxonomy,
systematics and evolution of Gekkonids, Scincids, Lacertids, Agamids
Varanids, primitive burrowing snake taxa (Typhlopids & Uropeltids)
and higher snake taxa (Colubrids, Elapids & Viperids); conservation
ecology of rare and data deficient species and community ecology of
Indian reptiles.
Education
Ph. D. in Herpetology, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural
History & Bharathiar University, India (2007)
M.Sc.
in Zoology
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, India (2001)
B.Sc.
in Zoology (Honours),
University of Calcutta, India (1999)
Appointments and research
experience
2007-Till date: Field Biologist (herpetology) with University of
Delhi, Delhi-110007, India for the herpetological surveys in the
Yamuna river basin and Aravalli hill ranges.
2002-2007: Junior Research Fellow for the doctoral degree in the Salim
Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu, India.
2001-2002:
called to identify various preserved reptile specimens in Section -
Reptilia, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calcutta.
Fellowships/awards/grants
Maniben Kirtilal Mehta Gold Medal for the best Ph.D.
Thesis in Zoology during the year 2007, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, India.
Junior Research
Fellowship from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of
India, through SACON, during 2002-2007
Publications
Papers/articles:
S.
Bhupathy, A.M.A. Nixon and D. Mukherjee,
Aspects of Ecology of Mabuya
allapallensis (Schmidt, 1926)) in Kolli Hills,
Eastern
Ghats, India.
HAMADRYAD (Communicated).
Mukherjee, D.
and S. Bhupathy, 2007 A New species of Wolf snake (Serpentes:
Colubridae: Lycodon) from the Anaikatti Hills, Western Ghats,
Tamil Nadu, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 14, 21-16.
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Mukherjee, D.,
A.M.A. Nixon and S. Bhupathy. 2006. Observations on the Morphometry
of two subspecies of Melanochelys trijuga from the Western
Ghats, India. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 9, 7-9.
Narayanan, S.P.,
Boopal, A., Nanjan, S., Kurian, J., Dhanya, R., Gomathy, N.,
Dastidar, D. G., Rajamamannan, M. A., Venkitachalam, R., Mukherjee,
D. and Eswaran, R. 2006. New site for the Yellow-throated Bulbul
Pycnonotus xantholaemus from Tamil Nadu. Indian Birds 2
(6): 151-153.
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Mukherjee, D.,
S. Bhupathy and A.M.A. Nixon. 2005. A new species of day gecko (Squamata,
Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis) from the Anaikatti Hills, Western
Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Current Science 89, 1326-1328.
pdf
Mukherjee, D.
and S. Bhupathy. 2004. Uropeltis ellioti in the diet of
Naja naja. HAMADRYAD 28, 109-110.
Dissertation/reports:
Mukherjee, D. 2007.
Resource utilization
patterns of reptiles in the tropical dry mixed deciduous forest of
Anaikatty Hills, Western Ghats, India.
PhD thesis.
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
pdf
Mukherjee, D., Das, K.S.A. and P. Balakrishnan. 2007.
Status Survey of
Chalcides pentadactylus (Beddome 1870) in Kadalundy,
Kerala, India. WRCT Technical Report N0. 1, Wildlife Research and
Conservation Trust, Nilambur.
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