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The non-spider arachnid diversity of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve was surveyed for a period of 16 days, which resulted in finding five species of scorpions and one species of Amblypygi. The Reddyanus spp. and the Liocheles spp. were reported for the first time from the island. The earlier recorded species identity were rectified by examining voucher specimens.
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I thank the director, Zoological Survey of India and Dr. C. Sivaperuman, Scientist-E and Officer-in-Charge, ANRC, ZSI for the opportunity to explore the fauna of GNBR, through this expedition. I also thank Dr. S. Sambath, Scientist-E and Officer-in-Charge for necessary facilitation at ZSI, CZRC, Jabalpur. Thanks are also due to Dr. Basudev Tripathy (Scientist-E and O/C, Technical Section), Dr. A.K. Dubey (Scientist-D, ANRC, ZSI), Dr. G. Gokulakrishnan, Dr. Gautam, Dr. Amitava Majumdar, etc. for help in fieldwork and cooperation. My deep sense of gratitude to Dr. D.B. Bastawade for guidance and sincere thanks to Ms. Pragya Pandey for helping in taxonomic studies on scorpions.
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Mohapatra, P.P. (2023). Scorpion and Amblypygi Diversity of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. In: Sivaperuman, C., Banerjee, D., Tripathy, B., Chandra, K. (eds) Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5158-9_8
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