Field Guides

Zoological Survey of India: Handbooks and Pictorial Guides:  

These Hand Books/Pictorial Guides can be downloaded from Zoological Survey of India Website.

1.     Taxonomy of Indian Thysanoptera
        —Ananthakrishnan, T. N.; Sen, S.
        pp 1 - 234 | June 1980

2.     The Fresh Water Fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Barma and Srilanka
        —Jayaram, K. C.
        pp 1 - 475 | December 1981

3.     Commercial Sea Fishes of India
        —Talwar, P. K.; Kacker
        pp 1 - 997 | June 1984

4.     Handbook Indian Spiders
        —Tikader, B. K.
        pp 1 - 251 | July 1987

5.     Handbook Freshwater Molluscs of India
        —Rao, N. V. Subba
        pp 1 - 289 | September 1989

6.     Collection and Preservation of Animals
        pp 1 - 236 | November 1990

7.     Handbook India Lizards
        —Tikader, B. K.; Sharma, R. C.
        pp 1 - 250 | December 1992

8.     Leeches of India
        —Chandra, Mahesh
        pp 1 - 117 | June 1991

9.     Indian Testudines
        —Tikader, B. K.; Sharma, R. C.
        Second Edition | pp 1 - 156 | November 1995

10.        Whales, Dolphins & Dugongs
            —Agrawal, V. C.; Alfred, J. R. B.
            pp 1 - 140 | September 1999

11.        Field guide to Grouper and Snapper Fishes of A & N Islands
             —Rajan, P. T.
             pp 1 - 103 | January 2001

12.        Handbook on Sharks of Indian Waters (Diversity, Fishery Status, Trade & Conservation)
            —Venkataraman, K.; Milton, M. C. John; Raghuram, K. P.
             pp 1 - 109 | January 2003

13.        A field guide to marine food fishes of A & N Island
             —Rajan, P. T.
             pp 1 - 260 | January 2003

14.        Marine Turtles of India
             —Venkataraman, K.; Milton, M. C. John
             pp 1 - 87 | September 2003

15.        Guide to Reef Fishes of A & N Islands
             —Rao, D. V.
             pp 1 - 555 | January 2004

16.        Hard Corals of India
             —Venkataraman, K.; Satyanarayana, Ch.; Alfred, J. R. B.; Wolstenholme, J.
             pp 1 - 266 | November 2003

17.        Field guide to the fishes of Acanthuridae and Siganidae (Surgeonfishes and Rabbit fishes) of A & N Islands
             —Devi, Kamla; Rao, D. V.
             pp 1 - 42 | September 2003

18.        A pictorial guide to Butterfly and Anemone Fishes of A & N Islands
             —Rao, D. V.; Devi, Kalma
             pp 1 - 78 | January 2004

19.        Reef-dwelling fishes of India : Parrotfishes (Family Scaridae)
             —Barman, R. P.; Mishra, S. S.
             pp 1 - 63 | February 2005

20.        Shorebirds of Kerala (including Gulls and Terns)
             —Sashikumar, C.; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Meppayur, Sathyan; Radhakrishnan, C.
             pp 1 - 165 | August 2004

21.        Indian Land Snails
             —Mitra, S. C.; Dey, A.; Ramakrishna
             pp 1 - 344 | January 2005

22.        Indian Wetland Birds
             —Kumar, Arun; Tak, P. C.; Sati, J. P.; Alfred, J. R. B.
             pp 1 - 480 | March 2005

23.        Birds of Chennai
             —Thirumalai, G.; Krishnan, S.
             pp 1 - 196 | July 2005

24.        Dragonflies and Damselflies of Kerala
             —Emiliyama, K. G.; Radhakrishnan, C.; Palot, Md. Jafar
             pp 1 - 67 | May 2005

25.        Common Indian Dragonflies of India (Insecta : Odonata)
             —Mitra, T. R.
             pp 1 - 136 | January 2006

26.        Indian Short-horned Grasshopper Pests (Accoridoidea : Orthoptera)
             —Mandal, S. K.; Dey, A.; Hazra, A. K.
             pp 1 - 57 | March 2007

27.        Indian Acanthocephala
             —Bhattacharya, Subhendu Bikas
             pp 1 - 225 | March 2007

28.        Mangrove Associate Molluscs of Sunderbans
             —Dey, A.
             pp 1 - 96 | May 2006

29.        Mammals of Kerala
             —Cheruvat, Dineshan; Radhakrishnan, C.; Palot, Muhammed Jafar
             pp 1 - 154 | September 2006

30.        Indian Freshwater Molluscs
             —Ramakrishna; Dey, Anirudha
             pp 1 - 399 | May 2007

31.        Spiders of Sunderbans, West Bengal
             —Majumder, S. C.
             pp 1 - 137 | February 2007

32.        Indian Thysanura
             —Hazra, A. K.; Mondal, G. P.
             pp 1 - 43 | June 2007

33.        Indian Collembola
             —Hazra, A. K.; Mondal, G. P.
             pp 1 - 34 | July 2007

34.        Marine Reptilies of India
             —Murthy, T. S. N.
             pp 1 - 75 | June 2007

35.        Myxosporian Parasites of Indian Fishes
             —Kalavati, C.; Nandi, N. C.
             pp 1 - 294 | September 2007

36.        Hymenoptera : Formicidae
             —Sheela, S.
             pp 1 - 55 | January 2008

37.        Flower visiting flies of Kolkata and surroundings (Diptera : Insecta)
             —Mitra, Bulganin; Banerjee, Dhriti; Mukherjee, Manu; Bhattacharya, K.; Parui, P.
             pp 1 - 56 | April 2008

38.        Hemipteran Pests in India
             —Ghosh, L. K.
             pp 1 - 453 | April 2008

39.        Common Butterflies of Uttarakhand
             —Kumar, Parmod
            pp 1 - 136 | August 2008

40.        Hard Corals of Gulf of Kachchh
             —Satyanarayana; Ramakrishna
             pp 1 - 114 | March 2009

41.        Pictorial Handbook on Dragon and Damsel flies (Odonata : Insecta) of Mangroves of Sundarbans
            —Mitra, Amit; Mitra, Bulganin
             pp 1 - 56 | May 2009

42.        Pictorial Guide to the Fishes of the Family Nemipteridae of India
             —Barman, R. P.; Mishra, S. S.
             pp 1 - 50 | September 2009

43.        Handbook on Butterflies of Himachal Pradesh
             —Arora, G. S.; Mehta, H. S.; Walia, V. K.
             pp 1 - 160 | October 2009

44.        Field Guide to Coral and Coral Associates of A & N Islands
             —Rao, D. V.
             pp 1 - 283 | January 2010

45.        Pictorial Guide to the Amphibians of North East India
             —Mathew, Roshamma; Sen, N.
             pp 1 - 144 | January 2010

46.        Guide to the Ophistobranchs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
             —Ramakrishna; Sreeraj, C. R.; Raghunathan, C.; Sivaperuman, C.; Kumar, J. S. Yogesh; Raghuraman, R.; Immaunuel, Titus; Rajan, P. T.
             pp 1 - 198 | July 2010

47.        Guide to the Fungiids of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
             —Ramakrishna; Raghunathan, C.; Mondal, Tamal; Sivaperuman, C.
             pp 1 - 106 | September 2010

48.        Guide to the Chaetodontidae (Butterfly Fishes) and Scaridae (Parrot Fishes) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
             —Rajan, P. T.
             pp 1 - 94 | September 2010

49.        Pictorial Handbook on Plant and Soil Nematodes of Rajasthan
             —Bohra, Padma
             pp 1 - 244 | November 2011

50.        Handbook on Diversity in Some of the Indian Butterflies (Insecta : Lepidoptera)
            —Gupta, I. J.; Majumdar, Mridula
             pp 1 - 324 | February 2012

51.        Scleractinia of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
             —Venkataraman, K.; Raghunathan, C.; Raghuraman, R.; Sivaperuman, C.; Sreeraj, C. R.; Immanuel, Titus; Yogesh Kumar, J. S.
             pp 1 - 304 | November 2012

52.        A Guide to Common Echinoderms of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
            —Raghunathan, C.; Sadhukhan, Koushik; Mondal, Tamal; Sivaperuman, C.; Venkataraman, K.
             pp 1 - 210 | July 2013

53.        A Pictorial Handbook on Grasshoppers of Western Himalayas
             —Srinivasan, G.; Prabakar, D.
             pp 1 - 75 | September 2013

54.        Handbook on Major Hemipteran Predators of India
             —Bal, Animesh; Biswas, B.
             pp 1 - 44 | November 2013

55.        Coral Identification Manual
             —Venkataraman, K.; Satyanarayana, Ch.
             pp 1 - 136 | May 2012

56.        Guide to the Dangerous and Venomous Marine Animals of India
             —Venkataraman, K.; Raghunathan, C.; Sreeraj, C. R.; Raghuraman, R.
             pp 1 - 98 | May 2012

57.        National and State Animals of India
             —Venkataraman, K.; Chattopadhyay, A.; De, J. K.
             pp 1 - 173 | September 2012

58.        Plant Mites of India
             —Gupta, S. K.
             pp 1 - 524 | May 1985

59.        Gorgonians (Octocorallia) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
             —Kumar, Yogesh; Raghunathan, J. S.; Raghuraman, C.; Sreeraj, R.; C. R.; Venkataraman, K.
             pp 1 - 119 | May 2014

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