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Evolutionary Biology, Herpetology
India

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Employment (1)

Indian Institute of Science: Bangalore, Karnataka, IN

2021-02-09 to present | Research (Centre for Ecological Sciences)
Employment
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Vivek Cyriac

Education and qualifications (1)

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram: Trivandrum, Kerala, IN

2014-08-01 to 2019-08 | Graduate student (School of Biology)
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Vivek Cyriac

Works (22)

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India

Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
2024-08-21 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2768-0819
Contributors: Vivek Cyriac; S.R. Ganesh; Zeba Madani; Avrajjal Ghosh; Vidisha Kulkarni; Kartik Shanker
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The Ohio State University - OJS

First Report of Hemipenial Variation among Some Genera and Species of Shieldtail Snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India and Sri Lanka

Ichthyology & Herpetology
2022-05-20 | Journal article | Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Part of ISSN: 2766-1512
Contributors: Vivek Cyriac
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Vivek Cyriac

Should I stay or should I go: escape behaviour of Russell’s vipers, Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797) in India’s agricultural landscapes

Animal Biology
2022-04-26 | Journal article | Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing - original draft
Part of ISSN: 1570-7555
Part of ISSN: 1570-7563
Contributors: Vivek Cyriac
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Vivek Cyriac

70 years of herpetology in India: insights into shifts in focal research areas and gender ratios among authors

Amphibia-Reptilia
2022-04-19 | Journal article | Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing - original draft
Part of ISSN: 0173-5373
Part of ISSN: 1568-5381
Contributors: Vivek Cyriac
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Vivek Cyriac

Natural history of the gecko hemidactylus prashadi: Demography, spatial partitioning, diet, and reproduction in a human-altered habitat

Herpetological Conservation and Biology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85114366964

Part of ISSN: 19317603 21510733
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Umesh, P.K.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Warning signals promote morphological diversification in fossorial uropeltid snakes (Squamata: Uropeltidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85100279128

Part of ISSN: 10963642 00244082
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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A new cryptic species of cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: gekkonidae), in the c. littoralis complex, from anakkal, palakkad, kerala, india

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85096752110

Part of ISSN: 15259153 1083446X
Contributors: Sayyed, A.; Cyriac, V.P.; Dileepkumar, R.
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A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)

Zootaxa
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85096339236

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: SAMPAIO, F.L.; NARAYANAN, S.; CYRIAC, V.P.; VENU, G.; GOWER, D.J.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India

Zootaxa
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85085098410

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Narayanan, S.; Sampaio, F.L.; Umesh, P.; Gower, D.J.
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A preliminary 16S rRNA phylogeny of the Indian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of two new cryptic species from the C. wynadensis clade

Vertebrate Zoology
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85090953000

Part of ISSN: 18645755
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Palot, M.J.; Deuti, K.; Umesh, P.K.
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To group or not to group: Effect of prolonged exposure to predation and resource availability on the shoaling behaviour of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

bioRxiv
2020 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85098910564

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Majeed, N.A.; Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Conspicuous colours reduce predation rates in fossorial uropeltid snakes

PeerJ
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85074091874

Part of ISSN: 21678359
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Don’t waste your time: predators avoid prey with conspicuous colors that signal long handling time

Evolutionary Ecology
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85068823225

Part of ISSN: 15738477 02697653
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Rediscovery of Cnemaspis Nilagirica Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita and Pethiyagoda, 2007 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kerala, India with notes on morphology and distribution

Zootaxa
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85064338768

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Johny, A.; Umesh, P.; Palot, M.J.; Campbell, P.D.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Description of two new species of cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (squamata: Gekkonidae) from the western ghats of kerala, India

Zootaxa
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85051563244

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Johny, A.; Umesh, P.K.; Palot, M.J.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Digging their own macroevolutionary grave: fossoriality as an evolutionary dead end in snakes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85042644226

Part of ISSN: 14209101 1010061X
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Paleoclimate determines diversification patterns in the fossorial snake family Uropeltidae Cuvier, 1829

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85028713473

Part of ISSN: 10959513 10557903
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Kodandaramaiah, U.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Two new species of Raorchestes (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Silent Valley National Park in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, India

Salamandra
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84976407481

Part of ISSN: 00363375
Contributors: Zachariah, A.; Cyriac, V.P.; Chandramohan, B.; Ansil, B.R.; Mathew, J.K.; Raju, D.V.; Abraham, R.K.
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A novel third species of the Western Ghats endemic genus Ghatixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with description of its tadpole

Zootaxa
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84948157418

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: Abraham, R.K.; Mathew, J.K.; Cyriac, V.P.; Zachariah, A.; Raju, D.V.; Zachariah, A.
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A reappraisal of the rhacophorid bush frog Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882), with an evaluation of the taxonomic status of R. emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shankar, 2014

Zootaxa
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84948124738

Part of ISSN: 11755334 11755326
Contributors: Abraham, R.K.; Zachariah, A.; Cyriac, V.P.
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Vivek Cyriac via Scopus - Elsevier

Description of a new ground-dwelling cnemaspis strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), From Kerala, Allied to c. wynadensis (Beddome, 1870)

Russian Journal of Herpetology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84908460733

Part of ISSN: 10262296
Contributors: Cyriac, V.P.; Umesh, P.K.
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Current status of Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon, 1853) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) with designation of a neotype

TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity
2013-06-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1800-427X
Part of ISSN: 1800-427X
Contributors: Vivek Cyriac
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Vivek Cyriac

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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