C. R. Narayan Rao

C. R. Narayan Rao (* 15 August 1882, Coimbatore – † 2 January 1960, Bangalore), Indian zoologist and herpetologist.

  • Zoology Department, Central College, Bangalore, India.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

  • 7 taxon names authored by C. R. Narayan Rao

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

  • Rao, C.R.N. & Ramanna, B.S.. 1925. On a new genus of the family Engystomatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925: 587–597.
  • 1937. On some new forms of Batrachia from S. India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences – Section B 6(6): 387–427. DOI: 10.1007/BF03051434 Reference page. 
  • & Ramanna, B.S. 1925. On a new genus of the family Engystomatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925: 587–597. Reference page. 
  • 1915. Notes on a few South-Indian frogs. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(1): 90–96. Reference page. 
  • 1917. On South Indian frogs. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25(1): 26–39. Reference page. 
  • 1938. On some new and rare batrachians from S. India. Records of the Indian Museum 40: 305–316. Reference page. 

Eponyms

  • Raorchestes Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010

References

  • Seshachar, B.R. 1960. Obituary. Professor C.R. Narayan Rao. Current Science 29(5): 173. Full article (PDF)