Dr. Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam
Department of Zoology

Publication of Dr. Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam

Scientific Publications

 

Alam, S.M.I., Prasongmaneerut, T., Gleeson, D., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Srikulnath, K., and Ezaz, T. 2021. Sex-Determination Mechanisms among Populations within Cryptic Species Complex of Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). DNA. 1(2), 49-67.  doi.org/10.3390/dna1020006. 

Alam, S.M.I., Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. and Ezaz, T. 2020. Karyotype Characterisation of Two Australian Dragon Lizards (Squamata: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae) Reveals Subtle Chromosomal Rearrangements between Related Species with Similar Karyotypes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 160(10):610–623. DOI: 10.1159/000511344

Alam, S.M.I., Altmanová, M., Prasongmaneerut, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S.D., Nielsen, S.V., Gamble, T., Srikulnath, K., Rovatsos, M., Kratochvíl, L., Ezaz, T.: Cross-Species BAC Mapping Highlights Conservation of Chromosome Synteny across Dragon Lizards (Squamata: Agamidae). Genes. 11:698 (2020). doi.org/10.3390/genes11060698.

Alam, S.M.I., Georges, A., Gleeson, D., Sarre, S.D. and Ezaz, T. 2018. Did Lizards Follow Unique Pathways in Sex Chromosome Evolution? Genes. 9: 239; DOI:10.3390/genes9050239

Khan, M.A.R., Alam, S.M.I., Islam, M.J. Hasan, H. Salahuddin, M., Mia, M.R., Mia, M.J., Khandakar, N. and Parves, N. 2018. An Observational Note on Mating Behavior and Male-Male Combat of the Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) in the National Botanical Garden, Dhaka. Biawak, 12(2):100–103. 12_2.pdf (varanidae.org)

Baki, M.A., Bhouiyan, N. A., Islam, M.S., Alam, S.M.A., Shil, S. and Hossain, M.M. 2017. Present Status of Ganges River Dolphins Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Zoology. 8964821. doi.org/10.1155/2017/8964821. 

Rahman, M.M., Jaman, M.F., Khatun, M.T., Alam, S.M.A., Alam, M.M., Hossain, M.S. and Huffman, M.A. 2015. Feeding Ecology of the Northern Plains Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne) in Jessore, Bangladesh: Dietary Composition, Seasonal and Age-Sex Differences. Asian Primates Journal. 5(1): 24-39.

Sultana, I., Alam, S.M.I. and Das, D.K. 2018. An Annotated Avifaunal Checklist of the Saint Martin’s Island of Bangladesh. J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 44(2): 149-158.

Al-Razi, H., Alam, S.M.I., Hossain, M.M., Neogi, A.K. and Baki, M. A. 2017. Four New Herpetofaunal Records from Saint Martin’s Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. 24(3):162–167.

Shahjadi, M., Hasan, K., Sadat, M. N., Neogi, A.K.N. and Alam, S.M.I. 2016. Status of Avifauna in Birulia - A Peri-Urban Area. Bangladesh J. Zool. 44(1): 167-174.

Jaman, M.F., Uddin, M., Alam, M.M., Rahman, M.M., Khatun, M.T. and Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Species Diversity and Population Status of Wildlife in Keshabpur, Bangladesh. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource management. 1(2):9-21.

Alam, S.M.I., Hossain, M.M., Baki, M.A. and Bhouiyan, N.A. 2015. Status of Ganges Dolphin, Platanista Gangetica Gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the River Buriganga, Dhaka. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 43(1): 109-120.

Ahmad, F. and Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Frogs in the Genus Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) of the Nazipur Area, Patnitala Upazila, Naogaon District in Northwestern Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. 22(4):145–149.

Parves, N. and Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Hemidactylus flaviviridis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae): predation on congeneric Hemidactylus frenatus in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Herpetological bulletin. 132: 28-29.

Rahman, M. M., Jaman, M. F., Khatun, M. T., Alam, S.M.I., Kayum, A. R. M. R. and Uddin, M. 2015. Substrate utilisation by Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne, 1797) in Jessore, Bangladesh: Effect of resource type on feeding in urban and rural groups. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology. 3(2): 162-172.

Ahmad, F. and Alam, S.M.I. 2015. An Observation of Winter Breeding by Two Anurans from Bangladesh. Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. 22(1):29–31.

Baki, M.A., Al-Razi, H. and Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Mating Behaviour of Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) in an Island of Bangladesh. Taprobanica. 7(1): 66–67.

Alam, M.M., Jaman, M.F., Hasan, M.M., Rahman, M.M., Alam, S.M.I. and Khatun, U.H. 2014. Social Interactions of Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus Entellus) at Keshabpur and Manirampur, Jessore, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 42(2): 217-225.

Al-Razi, H., Baki, M.A. and Alam, S.M.I. 2014. Record of Humerana humeralis (Boulenger 1887) from Rangpur District of North-western Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 42(2): 277- 282.

Islam, M.S., Shahadat, O., Kabir, M.M., Rashid, M.A., Al-Razi, H., Kamruzzaman, M., Alam, S.M.I., Mustafa, T. and Islam, M.S. 2014. Avifauna of the National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh. Journal of Taxonomy and Biodiversity Research. 6: 17-20.

Al-Razi, H., Baki, M.A. and Alam, S.M.I. 2014. Varanus flavescens (Yellow Monitor): Thermoregulation. Herpetological Bulletin.129: 27.

Al-Razi, H., Alam, S.M.I., Baki, M.A. and Parves, N. 2014. Notes on Mating Behaviour of Two Small Carnivores from Bangladesh. Small Carnivore Conservation. 50: 78–80.

Al Al-Razi, H., Baki, M.A. and Alam, S.M.I. 2014. Geographical Distribution: Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon's bullfrog). Herpetological Review. 45 (4): 653-654.

Al-Razi, H., Baki, M.A. and Alam, S.M.I. 2014. Geographical Distribution: Zakerana teraiensis (Terai cricket frog). Herpetological Review. 45 (4): 656.

Al-Razi, H., Baki, M.A., Alam, S.M.I. and Chowdhury, M. 2014. Geographic Distribution: Lygosoma albopunctata (white-spotted supple skink). Herpetological Review. 45 (3): 463.

Al-Razi, Hassan, Baki, M.A. and Alam, S.M.I. 2014. Geographic Distribution: Humerana humeralis (Bhamo frog). Herpetological Review. 45 (3): 458.

Mustafa, T., Alam, S.M.I., Jamal, M.S., Johora, F.T., Likhon, M.A.K., Hoq, T. and Naser, M.N. 2013. Abundance of Benthic Fauna in Winter and Summer Seasons at Three Water Bodies of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 41(1): 79-86.

Alam, S.M.I. and Sarker, N.J. 2012. Status and Distribution of the Gangetic Dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in River Buriganga during 2003-2004 and its Conservation. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 40 (1): 21-31.

 

Abstracts

Alam, S.M.I., Altmanova, M., Prasongmaneerut, T., Georges, A, Glesson, D., Sarre ,S.D., Gamble, T., Srikulnath, K., Rovatsos, M., Kratochvil, L. and T. Ezaz. Sex Chromosome Homologies across Dragons (Squamata:Agamidae). In: Abstract of the 9th World Congress of Herpetology, 2020.

Alam, S.M.I., Georges, A., Gleeson, D., Sarre, S.D. and T. Ezaz. Cytogenetic analysis of Australian grassland earless dragon Tympanocryptis pinguicolla Mitchell, 1948. In: Abstracts of the 6th Asia-Pacific Chromosome Colloquium.  Chromosome Science 21: 1-44, 2018.

Prasongmaneerut, T., Alam, S., Singchat, W., Srikulnath, K. and T. Ezaz. Cross species gene mapping identify evolutionary conserved synteny of protosquamate sex chromosomes. In: Abstracts of the 6th Asia-Pacific Chromosome Colloquium.  Chromosome Science 21: 1-44, 2018.

 Alam, S.M.I., Georges, A., Gleeson, D., Sarre, S.D. and T. Ezaz. Ecology and evolution of      sex   determining mechanism in Agamid lizards. In: Abstract of the 5th Australian Sex Summit,         November 2016.

Rahman, M.M., Jaman, M.F., Khatun, M.T., Uddin, M., Kayum, A.R.M.R. and S.M.I. Alam. 2014. Substrate utilisation by Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus Dufresne, 1797) in Jessore, Bangladesh: Effect of resource type on feeding in urban and rural groups. In: Abstract of 19th National Conference of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh 2014.

Uddin, M., Jaman, M.F., Alam, S.M.I., Khatun, M.T. and M.M. Rahman. 2014. Wildlife Diversity in Keshabpur and Manirampur Upazila, Jessore. In: Abstract of 19th National Conference of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh 2014.

Mustafa, T., Baby, R.L., Alam, S.M.I., Sadat, M.N., Zohora, F.T., Afrose, M.F. and Naser, M.N. 2014. Abundance of Plankton and Benthic Fauna in Relation to Some Physico-chemical Parameters of Water in Summer at Three Water Bodies of Birulia Union, Savar. In: Abstract of 19th National Conference of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh 2014.

Kabir, K.A., Baby, R.L. and Alam, S.M.I. 2005. Wetland Restoration in Bangladesh. In: Abstract of Asian Wetland Symposium held in Bhubaneswar, India in 2005.

 

Proceedings

Alam, S.M.I. 2005. Responsibilities of communities in Conserving Coastal Biodiversity for Environmental Security. In: Proceedings of Regional Workshop on Sustainable Coastal Wetland Resource Management through Community Participation (Eds. Hossain, S. and Chakraborty, T.R.), Bangladesh POUSH, 28 pp. 

 

Posters

Alam, S.M.I., Georges, A., Gleeson, D., Sarre, S.D. and T. Ezaz. Sex-linked markers in the Australian Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis pinguicolla. Poster presented during the Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand, Kindilan, Queensland, 2018.

Alam, S. M. I., Georges, A., Glesson, D., Sarre, S. D., Prasongmaneerut, T., Srikulnath, K. and T. Ezaz. Methylation-sensitive DArTseq analysis to identify sex-linked markers in an Agamid lizard. Poster presented during the Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA) conference 2018, University of Canberra, Australia, July 2018.

Haque, M. A. and S. M. I. Alam. Birds Prefer Indigenous Plants over Exotics: A Study on the Utilisation of Indigenous and Exotic Species of Plants by the Avifauna at Ramna Park, Dhaka. Poster presented during the Technical Session of IUCN Red List's 50th anniversary campaign in Bangladesh on December, 2014.

Gharami, S. K. and S. M. I. Alam. Some Aspects of Breeding Ecology of Birds in Ramna Park, Dhaka. Poster presented during the Technical Session of IUCN Red List's 50th anniversary campaign in Bangladesh on December, 2014.

Rahman, M.M., Jaman, M.F., Khatun, M.T., Alam, S.M.I., Hossain, M.S. and M.A. Huffman. Feeding Ecology of Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) in Jessore, Bangladesh: Dietary Composition, Seasonal and Age-sex Differences. Poster presented during the Technical Session of IUCN Red List's 50th anniversary campaign in Bangladesh on December, 2014.

 

Others

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Melursus ursinus. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 61.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Helarctos malayanus. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 77.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Paguma larvata. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 106.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Taphozous longimanus. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 172.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Taphozous melanopogon. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 173.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Saccolaimus saccolaimus. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 174.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Rhinopoma hardwickii. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 183.

Alam, S.M.I. 2015. Rhinopoma microphyllum. In: IUCN Bangladesh. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 183.

IACIB. 2013. Report on Rapid Biodiversity Assessment at Birulia Union, Savar, Dhaka. Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bangladesh (IACIB), Bangladesh.

IUCN Bangladesh, 2005. Bangladeshye Ashio Hati Shongrokkhon Udjog (Asian Elephant Conservation Initiative in Bangladesh). IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, Bangladesh, iv +20 pp. (in Bangla) (one of the authors)

BCEE. 2004. Hati (Elephant). Bangladesh Centre for Environmental Education (BCEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh (in Bangla)