Akshay Khandekar

About

A field biologist and taxonomist interested in understanding species diversity and distribution of squamates in the Indian subcontinent.

Employment

• Thackeray Wildlife Foundation Senior Researcher
  2020 - Present
• National Centre for Biological Sciences Curator of Herpetology
  2019 - 2020
• National Centre for Biological Sciences Intern
  2017 - 2018
• National Centre for Biological Research Associate
  2017 - 2018
• Indian Institute of Science Project Assistant
  2016 - 2017

Education

• Wilingdon College Bachelor of Science
  2011 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (52)

• Middle Miocene biogeographic connectivity between the Eastern Ghats and Nepal revealed by a new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) nebulosus complex (Reptilia, Squamata) from Nepal
  ZooKeys 2026 1 citation DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1275.178507
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• Description of two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Nepal
  ZooKeys 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.161933
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• Speciation in the Peninsular Indian Flying Lizard (Draco dussumieri) Follows Climatic Transition and Not Physical Barriers
  Molecular Ecology 2025 4 citations DOI: 10.1111/mec.17800
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• A review of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Nepal with descriptions of three new species
  Zootaxa 2025 5 citations DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.3.1
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• Discovery and description of a deeply divergent frog lineage of the genus Minervarya Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the basaltic plateau of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
  Zootaxa 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.6
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• A NEW SPECIES OF TRAPDOOR SPIDER (ARANEAE: IDIOPIDAE: Heligmomerus) FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA
  Taprobanica 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v14i1.350
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• A new species of cyclophorid land snail (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the coastal regions of Maharashtra, India
  Molluscan Research 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2025.2462864
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• Five new species of the Cnemaspis beddomei clade (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from high elevation, evergreen forests of the Southern Western Ghats, India
  Zootaxa 2024 0 citations DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5469.1.1
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• Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats
  Zookeys 2024 2 citations DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947
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• Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India
  Zootaxa 2024 0 citations DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1
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