Publications:
  1. Gowande, G., S. R. Ganesh & Z. A. Mirza. 2020. A new cryptic species of Bush frog (Amphibia : Anura : Raorchestes) from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Taprobanica 9: 164–173.
  2. Mohapatra, P., A. Khandekar, S. K. Dutta, C. Mahapatra & I. Agarwal. 2020. A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India. Zootaxa, 4852: 485–499.
  3. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray, S. Pawar & I. Agarwal. 2020. A new medium-bodied rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sirumalai massif, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa, 4852: 083–100.
  4. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray & I. Agarwal. 2020. A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa, 4845: 509–528.
  5. Agarwal, I., T. Thackeray & A. Khandekar. 2020. Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 4838: 451–474.
  6. Agarwal, I., A. M. Bauer & A. Khandekar. 2020. A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 4802: 449–462.
  7. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray, S. Pal & I. Agarwal. 2020. A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa, 4801: 057–084.
  8. Agarwal, I., T. Thackeray, S. Pal & A. Khandekar. 2020. Granite boulders act as deep-time climate refugia: A Miocen divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, 00:1–28.     
  9. Khandekar, A. 2019. A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India. Zootaxa, 4571:383–397.     
  10. Khandekar, A., N. Gaitonde, and I. Agarwal. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian  Cnemaspis. Zootaxa, 4609:68–100.
  11. Mirza, Z. A. 2018. A new cryptic species of ground-dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern India. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 17:169–180.
  12. Mirza, Z. A., G. G. Gowande, R. Patil,  M. Ambekar, and H. Patel. 2018. First appearance deceives many: disentangling the Hemidactylus triedrus species complex using an integrated approach. PeerJ, 6:e5341.
  13. Datta-Roy, A., V. Deepak, R. Chaitanya, C. Murthy, H. Bhosale, A. Lajmi, P. Karanth, K. Kunte, and V. Giri. 2017. On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum. Salamandra, 53:389–397.
  14. Mirza, Z. A., and D. Raju. 2016. A new rupicolous species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from the Satpura Hills, Central India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 11:51–71 (e137).
  15. Mirza, Z. A., R. Vyas, H. Patel, J. Maheta, and R. V. Sanap. 2016. A new Miocene-divergent lineage of Old World racer snake from India. PLoS ONE, 11: e0148380.     
  16. Gowande, G., A. Mishra, and Z. A. Mirza. 2016. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics. Zootaxa, 4126:271-279.
  17. Mirza, Z. A. and G. Gowande. 2016. Neotype designation for Scorpiops pachmarhicus Bastawade, 1992 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), with redescription and notes on the species. Euscorpius, 223:1-7.
  18. Gower, D. J., V. Giri, A. Captain, and M. Wilkinson. 2016. A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4085:481–503.
  19. Agarwal, I., Z. M. Mirza, S. Pal, S. T. Maddock, A. Mishra, and A. M. Bauer. 2016. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western India. Zootaxa, 4170:339–354.
  20. Deepak, V., A. Khandekar, S. Verma, and R. Chaitanya. 2016. Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from Southern India. Zootaxa, 4139:167–182.     
  21. Agarwal, I. 2016. Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India. Zootaxa, 4193:228–244.
  22. Murthy, B. H. C. K., A. Bauer, A. Lajmi, I. Agarwal, and V. B. Giri. 2015. A new rock dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Chhattisgarh, India. Zootaxa, 4021:334–350.