Gharial Conservation Alliance

27/09/2014

31/07/2014

Gharial spatial database, a platform for monitoring gharial populations in India. Spread the word!

05/07/2014

The authorities of National Chambal Sanctuary in Etawah claimed to have spotted ghariyal (gavialis gangeticus) hatchlings at a new site on the banks of Chambal.

02/06/2014

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Central and state government on a petition seeking ban on illegal sand mining around Son Gharial Sanctuary in Sidhi district.

01/06/2014

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped notices on Union and Madhya Pradesh governments on a petition seeking a ban on illegal sand mining in and around the river Son, alleging that it has spelled doom for the gharial population in Sidhi district.

14/05/2014

Sand mining, one of the big threats to gharials...

There have been four attacks by the sand mafia on State Armed Forces' jawans protecting the Chambal river banks in the last three months, says Madhya Pradesh police

12/01/2014

Key References:

Rao RJ & Singh LAK. 1993. Communal nesting by gharial Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin) (Reptilia, Crocodilia) in National Chambal Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 90(1): 17-22.

Hussain SA. 2009. Basking site and water depth selection by gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gmelin 1789 (Crocodilia, Reptilia) in National Chambal Sanctuary, India and its implication for river conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 19(2): 127-133. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.960

Nair T. 2010. Ecological and anthropogenic covariates influencing gharial Gavialis gangeticus distribution and habitat use in Chambal River, India. M. Sc. Thesis, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Katdare S, Srivathsa A, Joshi A, Panke P, Pande R, Khandal D & Everard M. 2011. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) populations and human influences on habitat on the River Chambal, India. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21(4): 364-371.

16/10/2013

Natural History Museum's Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Grand title winner (2013)
Credit: Udayan Rao Pawar
(http://goo.gl/cWS59l)

16/10/2013

NHM Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (2013) has clicked a gharial with hatchlings!

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Grand title winner, Udayan Rao Pawar, Mother’s little headful

14/10/2013

Gharial population in Corbett National Park is flourishing!

The population of critically endangered fresh water crocodiles - popularly known as gharial - is all set to rise in Uttarakhand. The Jim Corbett National Park, spread across the state's Nainital, Pauri and Almora districts, has witnessed an impressive nesting and hatching season this year, according...

19/09/2013

MCBT's Hamadryad is now ONLINE!

It is a biannual journal that publishes original papers dealing with the herpetology of tropical Asia.

Issues from 2009 through 2013 are available to subscribers of Hamadryad only.

Issues prior to 2009 are available to anyone through the Open Access Journals of ZenScientist's PDF Library. (http://www.zenscientist.com/index.php/filedrawer/Open-Access-Journals/Hamadryad-1976-2008/)

Professional society subscription management, Herpetology

17/09/2013

Photo: Colin Stevenson