Vishal is pursuing his PhD using a multi-dimensional approach—combining bioacoustics, genetics, and morphological traits to study the behavioural ecology of select amphibian groups in Asia. He is examining the impact of climate change on the amphibians of the Himalayan Plateau through ecological modelling.
Vishal正在攻读博士学位，其研究采用多维度方法——通过整合生物声学、遗传
学和形态特征来探索亚洲特定两栖类群的行为生态学。他通过生态建模研究气。
Additionally, he is integrating ecological traits of Bufonids with phylogeography to explore their evolutionary patterns. Vishal’s core research interest lies in understanding social and reproductive communication and the underlying
mechanisms that drive these behaviours.
候变化对喜马拉雅-青藏高原两栖动物的影响，同时将蟾蜍科动物的生态特征与
系统地理学相结合，揭示该物种的演化规律。他的核心研究聚焦于社会性与生
殖交流行为及其驱动机制，致力于解析这类行为背后的演化动因。
Driven by a passion for research and conservation, Vishal remains committed to
studying amphibians. His previous work spans the diversity, ecology, and behaviour
of species across biodiversity-rich regions such as the Western Ghats, Eastern and
Central India, and the Himalayas.
怀着对科研与保护事业的热忱，Vishal始终致力于两栖动物研究。他此前的工作
涵盖多个生物多样性热点区域（包括西高止山脉、印度东部和中部以及喜马拉
雅地区）的物种多样性、生态学及行为学研究。
You can find his research on Research Gate.
你可以在Research Gate找到他的研究成果。
Publications from the lab:
Dufresnes C., Jablonski D., Ambu J., Prasad V.K., Gautam K.B., Kamei R.G., Mahony S., Hofmann D., Masroor R., Alard B., Crottini A., Edmonds D., Ohler A., Jiang J., Khatiwada J.R., Gupta S.K., Borzée A., Borkin L.J., Skorinov D.V., Melnikov D.A., Milto K.D., Konstantinov E.L., Künzel S., Suchan T., Arkhipov D.V., Trofimets A.V., Nguyen T.V., Suwannapoom C., Litvinchuk S.N., Poyarkov N.A. (2025). Toxic toads on the silk roads: Speciation and historical invasions in a “most-wanted” amphibian. Nature Communication. 16:298. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54933-4
Borzée A., Wren S., Prasad V.K., Allain J.R.S., Chanson J., Neam K., Barata I., Asamoah F., Wangyal J.T., Chang M. J. & Ong D. (2024). IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group launches Eastern Asian Salamander Task Force. Oryx. 58(5):557-558. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605324001042
Kohler D. B., Zhang X., Messenger K. R., Chin K. Y. A., Ghosh D., Othman S. N., Wang Z., Amin H., Prasad V. K., Wu Z. & Borzée A. (2024). At home in Jiangsu: Habitat suitability modeling and new records for five species of amphibian and reptile in Jiangsu, China. Herpetozoa 37:85-93. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e117370.
Wang Z., Othman S. N., Qiu Z., Lu Y., Prasad V. K., Dong Y., Lu C-H. & Borzée A. (2023). An isolated and deeply divergent Hynobius species from Fujian, China. Animals. 13(10):1661. DOI: 10.3390/ani13101661.
Prasad V. K., Verma A. & Borzée A. (2023). Uperodon globulosus (Indian Balloon Frog). Herpetological Review. 54(2):241.
Prasad V. K., Kumar V., Bakshi M. K., Kumar S., Kumar V., Borzée A. (2023). Sibynophis subpunctatus. Herpetological Review. 54(2):244.
Borzée A., Rodriguez M., Bhatri N., Kim Y. I., Angulo A., Kim D., Chang M-H., Sung H-C., Heo K., Park I-K., Song J-Y., Jung J-H., Jeon J. Y., Kim K., Min M-S., Moores N., Wren A., Prasad V. K., Jang Y., Shin Y. & Othman S. N. (2023). Policy recommendation on the Rana trade towards the Republic of Korea. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11:1097849. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1097849
Prasad V. K., Dave D., Kumar A., Kumar V., Kumar V. & Borzée A. (2022). A new district record of rare Indian Balloon Frog, Uperodon globulosus from Lohardaga district, Jharkhand (India). Reptiles & Amphibians. 29(1):353–354. DOI: 10.17161/randa.v29i1.17943
Dufresnes C., Mahony S., Prasad V. K., Kamei R. G., Masroor R., Al-Johany A. M., Gautam K. B., Gupta S. K., Borkin L. J., Melnikov D. A., Rosanov J. M., Skorinov D. V., Borzée A., Jablonski D., Litvinchuk S. N. (2022). Shedding light on a taxonomic chaos: Diversity and distribution of South Asian skipper frogs (Euphlyctis, Dicroglossidae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 20:2102686. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2102686
Prasad V. K., Chuang M-F., Das A., Ramesh K., Yi Y., Dinesh K P. & Borzée A. (2022). Coexisting good neighbours: acoustic and calling microhabitat niche partitioning in two elusive syntopic species of Balloon Frogs, Uperodon systoma and U. globulosus (Anura: Microhylidae) and potential of individual vocal signatures. BMC Zoology. 7:27. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-022-00132-x
Prasad V.K., Verma A. & Borzée A. (2022). Fejervarya orissaensis (Orissa Frog). Herpetological review. 53(2), 258
Dufresnes C., Ambu J., Prasad V. K., Borzée A. & Litvinchuk S. N. (2021). A phylogeographic framework for Zhangixalus gliding frogs, with insights on the plasticity of their nesting behavior. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135(1):40-51. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab143.
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