Nazim Uddin Emon, Safaet Alam, Sajib Rudra, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar et al.
Caesalpinia digyna (Rottl.) (Family: Fabaceae) is well known for its numerous medicinal values against several human disorders including fever, senile pruritis, diarrhea, tuberculosis, tonic disorder, diabetes, etc. The current study is intended to investigate the in vivo antipyretic activity of the...
Nazim Uddin Emon, Sajib Rudra, Safaet Alam, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar et al.
Bauhinia scandens L. (Family, Fabaceae) is a medicinal plant used for conventional and societal medication in Ayurveda. The present study has been conducted to screen the chemical, pharmacological and biochemical potentiality of the methanol extracts of B. scandens stems (MEBS) along with its relate...
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Sara Varela, Sanjoy Roy, Md. Mizanur Rahman et al.
Abstract Snakes are sensitive to both environmental and climate gradients. To design conservation plans, a scientific understanding of snake habitats in light of environmental and climatic variables is an essential prerequisite. For venomous snakes, denoting favourable habitats should also be releva...
Md. Farid Ahsan, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Mizanur Rahman
<p>A study was conducted on the status and diversity of snakes of the Chittagong University Campus (CUC) between September 2013 and December 2014, and on preserved snake specimens of museums of CUC (Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong; Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Un...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Aniruddha Ghose, Mohammed Noman, Md. Mizanur Rahman et al.
Background: Snakebite envenoming is a global health problem, mostly in tropical and subtropical countries. Bangladesh is a subtropical country facing thousands of snakebite envenoming death every year. Knowledge of the distribution of venomous snakes is necessary to identify snakebite-prone areas, d...
Sajib Rudra, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Afroza Tahamina, Nazim Uddin Emon et al.
As the incidence of neurodegeneration and cancer fatalities remains high, researchers are focusing their efforts on discovering and developing effective medications, especially plant-based drugs, against these diseases. Hence, this research aimed to investigate the neuropharmacological potentials of...
Md Jahangir Alam, Md. Mahmudul Hasan Maruf, Md Asif Iqbal, Mahedi Hasan et al.
As a disaster-prone country with unique geographical features, snake biting is a major public health concern in Bangladesh. The primary reasons of mortality from snakebite include late presentation to the hospital, low efficacy of antivenom, and a lack of adequate management facilities. Because snak...
Md. Samsur Rahman, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Amit Kumer Neogi, Md. Ashraf Ul Hasan et al.
During the study of butterflies of Bangladesh (Insecta: Lepidoptera) which carried out since June 2014 to March 2016, several expeditions were made by the authors in the different areas of Bangladesh and many butterfly species were collected and identified. Among them, five species namely, Zezius ch...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Md. Farid Ahsan, Md. Ariful Islam
A study was conducted on the butterflies of the Chittagong University Campus (CUC), Bangladesh between March 2014 and May 2015. A total of 142 species of butterflies belonging to 87 genera and six families (Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) were recorded fr...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Md. Farid Ahsan, Md. Ariful Islam et al.
A study was conducted on the butterflies of the Chittagong University Campus at Chittagong in Bangladesh during June 2013 to July 2014. Three species of butterflies (Euploea eunice under the Family Nymphalidae, and Ampittia dioscorides and Unkana ambasa under the Family Hesperiidae) are newly record...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Masum Miah, Mahedi Hasan et al.
Trimeresurus erythrurus (Red-tailed bamboo pit viper) contributes significantly to snakebite envenoming cases in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. However, the absence of specific antivenom and challenging socio-economic conditions in these regions necessitate the development of symptom-based m...
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Abdul Auawal, Najmul Hasan et al.
We provide the first evidence of the presence of the Persian Gulf Sea Snake, Hydrophis lapemoides (Gray, 1849), along the coast of Bangladesh. This species was assumed to exist in there, but neither specimens nor confirmed observations exist until now. We document here the first confirmed record of ...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Borhan B. Romon, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury
The occupancy of the Condanarous sand snake Psammophis condanarus in peninsular India and its distribution in West Bengal, adjacent to Bangladesh, indicate its possible existence in the country but confirmation was wanting till date. Here, we describe and record a specimen of Psammophis condanarus f...
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Farid Ahsan, Syed Abbas, 61/2 North Pirerbag, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh et al.
Butterflies of the Inani Reserve Forest were studied between May 2014 and May 2015. One hundred twenty five species of butterflies belonging to 84 genera and six families (Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) were recorded during this study. The highest number...
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Johannes Müller, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Mizanur Rahman et al.
The spectacled cobra (Naja naja) and monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), widespread venomous snakes in South and Southeast Asia, occur in diverse habitats and cause neurotoxic envenoming. Despite reported venom variability of these two cobras across their range, no comparative study has been conducted f...
Joya Dutta, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Mohammed Noman, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury
Globally, suitable freshwater habitats are undergoing alterations and fish population declines, primarily attributed to the swift changes in climate and land use. Developing an effective conservation policy for freshwater fish necessitates careful consideration of the impacts of climatic and spatial...
Borhan B. Romon, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar
The Coral Red Kukri Snake Oligodon kheriensis is a rare and poorly known species; only a few specimens have been recorded so far since its first discovery in 1936. The species is endemic to the Himalayan tracts, previously reported only from northern India and Nepal. Here, we record and describe O. ...
Rajib Dey, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Sajib Rudra, Mazharul Islam
An individual of Banded Lineblue Prosotas aluta was discovered in Bangladesh on 7 September 2018 from the Kaptai National Park, a mixed evergreen protected forest in the southeastern region of the country. The discovered species was found in the hill stream named ‘Boro Chara’. The photographic docum...
Md. Farid Ahsan, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar
We performed a comparative study of birds in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS), Inani Reserve Forest (IRF) and the Chittagong University Campus (CUC) in 2015. A total of 249 species belonging to 50 families were recorded: 210 species from 46 families in TWS, 187 species from 45 families in IRF, and 18...
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Md. Farid Ahsan, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar, Md. Ariful Islam
Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844), the MacClelland’s coral snake, so far known from southern and eastern Asia was identified from Bangladesh based on a preserved specimen. The specimen, an adult (387 mm long) female from Sunamganj of Sylhet Division exhibits 13:13:13 scale rows, 242 ventra...