Affiliation’s : Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises Foundation

Brief Profile : Anuja Mital is an independent herpetologist working on freshwater turtle ecology in the Brahmaputra River system. She is also the co-founder of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises of India (FTTI)

Publications :
Mital, A., Gunia, L., Tachung, B., and Das, A. 2020. The impressed tortoise (Manouria
impressa) in India – extended range and natural history notes. The Herpetological
Bulletin. (In Press)
 Sharma, R., Ali, M., and Mital, A. 2020. Nilssonia nigricans: Diet. Herpetological
Review (In Press)
 Ranganathan M.S., Dharwadkar, S., and Mital, A. 2020. Nilssonia gangetica: Predation.
Herpetological Review (In Press)
 Mital, A., Tao, B., and Das, A. 2019. Manouria impressa (Impressed Tortoise):
Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 50(3):523
 Mital, A., Khan, S. and Kumar, R.S. 2019. Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis and
other riverine birds on the islands near Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh. Indian
BIRDS 15(2):64-64A
 Mital, A. and Kumar, R.S. 2019. Insights into freshwater turtle diversity of the Ganga
River and the perceived threats. In WII-NMCG (Ed.) Biodiversity Profile of the Ganga
River. Published by Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. pp. 232
 Sarkar, D., Mital, A., Mandal, R., Talukdar, G. and Kumar, R.S. 2019. ‘Community
ponds: a tool for conservation’. A case study of Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825) in
Kashipur village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Herpetology Notes 12:631-636
 Mital, A., Vasudevan, K., Singh, S., and Baskaran, N. 2019. Morenia petersi: life history
and distribution. Herpetological Review 50(1):127-128