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{{Short description|Indian biologist and herpetologist (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Indraneil Das
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|18}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
| fields = [[Herpetology]], [[Biology]]
| workplaces = [[University of Malaysia Sarawak]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br/>[[University of Bhopal]]<br/>[[University of Oxford]]
| thesis_title = ''Trophic ecology of a community of south Indian anuran amphibians''
| thesis_year = 1991
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| known_for = Rediscovery of several rare and thought-to-be-extinct species
}}

'''Indraneil Das''' (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian [[biologist]], whose research focuses on [[herpetology]].

== Biography ==
Das is the son of Chiranjib and Chitra Das (née Ghosh). In 1985, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[University of Calcutta]]. In 1988, he completed a Master of Science degree at the University of Bhopal. In 1991, he earned his Ph.D. in animal ecology from the [[University of Oxford]] with the dissertation ''Trophic ecology of a community of south Indian anuran amphibians''.<ref name=bio1>[[Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins, Michael]]; [[Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. xiii + 244 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Das, p. 52).</ref><ref name=bio2>{{cite web |title=Dr Indraneil Das |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226054820/http://www.researchsea.com/html/experts.php/eid/108/research/indraneil_das.html}}</ref><ref name=bio3>{{cite web|url= https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/indraneil-das|title= Professor Dr. Indraneil Das|work=asia research news}}</ref>

From 1988 to 1998, he was a research associate at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology. During his postdoctoral phase, he worked from 1991 to 1993 as a research associate at the [[University of Brunei Darussalam]], and from 1995 to 1996 he was a [[Fulbright Scholar]] at [[Harvard University]]. Since 1998, he has been an associate professor and researcher at the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC) of the [[University of Malaysia Sarawak]].<ref name=bio1 /><ref name=bio2 /><ref name=bio3 />

Das is a member of the South Asian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group, the Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, and the European Molecular Biology Association. His research interests focus on the ecology, systematics, and biogeography of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals in tropical Asia.<ref name=bio1 /><ref name=bio2 /><ref name=bio3 />

In 1997, on [[South Andaman Island]], he rediscovered the [[Andaman shrew]] (''Crocidura andamanensis'') and [[Jenkins's shrew]] (''Crocidura jenkinsi)'', species previously known only from specimens collected in 1901 and 1972 respectively. In July 2011, Das was part of a scientific team that rediscovered the [[rainbow toad]] (''Ansonia latidisca''), which had been considered lost for 87 years, on [[Borneo]].<ref name=bio1 /><ref name=bio2 /><ref name=bio3 />

== Eponymy ==
In 1998, the toad species ''Adenomus dasi'' was described, but in 2009 it was recognized as the long-lost ''[[Adenomus kandianus]]''. In 2002, [[Aaron Matthew Bauer|Aaron M. Bauer]] named the lizard species ''[[Cnemaspis indraneildasii]]'' in his honor, and in the same year, the lizard species ''[[Japalura dasi]]'' was also named after him.

== Selected publications ==
* ''Colour Guide to the Turtles & Tortoises of the Indian Subcontinent'' (1991)
* ''Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia'' (1996)
* ''Herpetological Bibliography of Indonesia'' (1998)
* ''The Serpent’s Tongue: A Contribution to the Ethnoherpetology of India and Adjacent Countries'' (1998)
* ''Turtles and Tortoises of India'' (1998)
* ''Introduction to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Tropical Asia'' (2002)
* ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India'' (2002)
* ''Snakes and other Reptiles of Sri Lanka'' (2005)
* ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo'' (2006)
* ''Amphibians and Reptiles of Brunei: A Pocket Guide'' (2007)
* ''A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali'' (2010)
* ''A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali'' (2013)
* ''Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-East Asia and Australasia'' (2016)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6NAEu7kAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Publications on Google Scholar]

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[[Category:1964 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:Indian herpetologists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Barkatullah University alumni]]

Indraneil Das - Revision history

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