Whither Dendrelaphis in western India? A critique of recent papers by Vaishnav and Ghadi (2025) and Puranik et al. (2025)

Authors

  • Dikansh S. Parmar Sektion Herpetologie, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1687-6352
  • Hinrich Kaiser Sektion Herpetologie, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany; and Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-9428

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v33i1.24861

Keywords:

Dendrelaphis distribution, Western India records, Scientific publishing integrity

Author Biographies

  • Dikansh S. Parmar, Sektion Herpetologie, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

    Scientific Assistant at the Museum Koenig: Sektion Herpetologie, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

  • Hinrich Kaiser, Sektion Herpetologie, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany; and Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA

    Professor at Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA 

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Published

2026-01-01

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2026): Reptiles & Amphibians

Section

Commentary

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How to Cite

Parmar, D., & Kaiser, H. (2026). Whither Dendrelaphis in western India? A critique of recent papers by Vaishnav and Ghadi (2025) and Puranik et al. (2025). Reptiles & Amphibians, 33(1), e24861. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v33i1.24861